Buffer Overflow Affecting libxml2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXML2-17705239
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-11979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the xmlcatalog process when operating in shell mode. An attacker can cause memory corruption, application crash, or execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long input line.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1