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libxml2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25062

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.

Products
libxml2
Affected versions
2.9.14+dfsg-1.2, 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1
Fixed versions
2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1, 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2
CVEs
CVE-2024-25062
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 16:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25062

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Feb 2024, 16:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25062

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1

libxml2

Fixed versions: 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1

Complete source record
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