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CVE-2024-34459

Published: May 13, 2024Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD csafCWE-122
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 19.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-122

Affected Products

libxml2xmlsoft
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
xmlsoftoss-projectOSS Librariesaka libxml2, libxslt

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
gitlab.gnome.org
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Timeline

Published
May 13, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 4, 2025

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