Use After Free Affecting libxml2-devel package, versions <0:2.9.7-19.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-LIBXML2DEVEL-8814801
  • published28 Feb 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-56171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 libxml2-devel to version 0:2.9.7-19.el8_10 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1