CVE-2025-24928 Affecting libxml2-devel package, versions <0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-LIBXML2DEVEL-9403047
  • published13 Mar 2025
  • disclosed12 Mar 2025

Introduced: 12 Mar 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 libxml2-devel to version 0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:2679.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-devel package and not the libxml2-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. To exploit this, DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted DTD. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1