Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libxmljs package, versions >=0.8.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-10557399
  • published27 Jun 2025
  • disclosed4 May 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 May 2022

CVE-2022-29824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libxmljs.

Overview

libxmljs is a libxml bindings for v8 javascript engine

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*). This can result in out-of-bounds memory writes. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted, multi-gigabyte XML file.

CVSS Base Scores

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