CVE-2024-34459

HIGH EPSS 81.1%
Published May 14, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 14, 2024 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
81.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-122

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
xmlsoftlibxml2* <2.11.8
xmlsoftlibxml2*≥2.12.0  –  <2.12.7

References 10

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
    Release Notes
  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
    Release Notes
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00014.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.