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TI-2024-16527 Aliases CVE-2024-25062GHSA-x77r-6xxm-wjmx

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5.

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 11 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01314 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 11 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.11.7; 2.12.0 to before 2.12.5Vulnerablexmlsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.11.7; 2.12.0 to before 2.12.5 Vulnerable ·xmlsoft

Remediation

Red Hat 6 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:3626 Released 2024-06-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libxml2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libxml2-devel-2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libxml2-2.9.7-18.el8_10.1, python3-libxml2-2.9.7-18.el8_10.1
  • RHSA-2024:3625 Released 2024-06-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libxml2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) libxml2-devel-2.9.13-3.el9_2.3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) libxml2-2.9.13-3.el9_2.3, python3-libxml2-2.9.13-3.el9_2.3
  • RHSA-2024:3303 Released 2024-05-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libxml2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) libxml2-devel-2.9.7-16.el8_8.4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) libxml2-2.9.7-16.el8_8.4, python3-libxml2-2.9.7-16.el8_8.4
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2024:3299 Released 2024-05-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libxml2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) libxml2-devel-2.9.7-13.el8_6.5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) libxml2-2.9.7-13.el8_6.5, python3-libxml2-2.9.7-13.el8_6.5
  • RHSA-2024:2679 Released 2024-05-02 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    libxml2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libxml2-devel-2.9.13-6.el9_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) libxml2-2.9.13-6.el9_4, python3-libxml2-2.9.13-6.el9_4
  • RHSA-2024:1317 Released 2024-03-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 SP3 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:3626
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2679
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2024:3299
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2024:3303
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:3625
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:3626
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:2679
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2024:3299
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2024:3303
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:3625
Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesFixed RHSA-2024:1317

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25062
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x77r-6xxm-wjmx
  3. 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2024:1317 · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-16 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Core Services · Red Hat

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • 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
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