CVE-2025-32414

MEDIUM

libxml2 < 2.13.8 and 2.14.x < 2.14.2 - Out-of-Bounds Memory Access in Python API

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 22.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-393 CWE-252
Status published
Products (1)
xmlsoft/libxml2 < 2.13.8
Published Apr 08, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026