CVE-2024-34394

HIGH

libxmljs2 - Remote Code Execution via namespaces Type Confusion

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

libxmljs2 is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking the namespaces() function (which invokes XmlNode::get_local_namespaces()) on a grand-child of a node that refers to an entity. This vulnerability can lead to denial of service and remote code execution.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0099
EPSS Percentile 57.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-843
Status published
Products (1)
npm/libxmljs2 0npm
Published May 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026