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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-10557402
  • published27 Jun 2025
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-5130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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 Write. An integer overflow in xmlmemory.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted XML file.

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CVSS Base Scores

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