CVE-2025-24928CWE-121

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c

High · published February 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00385 · 31.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2025-02-18T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 00:00Z
    libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c
    cvelistv5