Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxmljs package, versions >=0.8.0 <1.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.51% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-10557389
  • published27 Jun 2025
  • disclosed12 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2073  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxmljs to version 1.0.0 or higher.

Overview

libxmljs is a libxml bindings for v8 javascript engine

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The htmlParseNameComplex function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted XML document.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1