Use After Free Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.38% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBXML2-19539846
  • published5 Sept 2026
  • disclosed4 Feb 2024

Introduced: 4 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-25062  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libxml2 to version 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

CVSS Base Scores

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