CVE-2025-32414

HIGH EPSS 22.8%
Published Apr 8, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 8, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.

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:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
22.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-252
CWE-393

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
xmlsoftlibxml2* <2.13.8
xmlsoftlibxml2*≥2.14.0  –  <2.14.2

References 2

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00041.html

Remediation

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatch