libxml2 — security advisory

{
  "id": "f1a68bbf16920c8c3f239821864481c52fd8a001fff1746bad9fe4fa70ed22df",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615",
    "summary": "Xmlsoft Libxml2 v2.11.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the xmlSAX2StartElement() function at /libxml2/SAX2.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted XML file. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product does not support the legacy SAX1 interface with custom callbacks; there is a crash even without crafted input.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libxml2",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libxml2",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libxml2",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxml2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.9.14+dfsg-1.2",
            "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxml2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxml2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39615.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:31.516891671Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-39615"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39615"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-39615",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 456167,
  "published_at": "2023-08-29T17:15:12.527+00:00"
}