Description
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.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0314
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (1)
xmlsoft/libxml2
< 2.11.8
Published
May 14, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026