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4 vulnerabilities found for xmllint by xmlsoft
CVE-2024-34459 (GCVE-0-2024-34459)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-05-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 22:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-22 17:18 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
10 references
Impacted products
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CVE-2021-3516 (GCVE-0-2021-3516)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2021-06-01 13:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
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CVE-2024-34459 (GCVE-0-2024-34459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 22:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-22 17:18 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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CVE-2021-3516 (GCVE-0-2021-3516)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-01 13:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
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