CVE-2025-24928
Published: February 20, 2025Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. To exploit this, DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted DTD. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.7 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | NONE |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libxml2 | Fixed (2.10.4-r2) |
| Stream | libxml2 | Fixed (2.13.6-r0) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | libxml2 | Fixed (2.10.4-r2) |
| Stream | libxml2 | Fixed (2.13.6-r0) |