Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.9.0 and possibly other versions…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2 2.9.0 and possibly other versions might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) htmlParseChunk and (2) xmldecl_done functions, as demonstrated by a buffer overflow in the xmlBufGetInputBase function.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-1969
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jmvg-2fg9-jhpr
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-27 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
More xmlsoft Libxml2 vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06117 xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-05441 Libxml2: integer overflow in xmlbuildqname() leads to stack buffer overflow in libxml2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-22792 An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-06514 libxml2 20904-GITv2.9.4-16-g0741801 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-19140 An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-23491 Out-of-bounds read in xmlsoft libxml2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2013-1969 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-1969 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jmvg-2fg9-jhpr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-1969 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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