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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
39.54% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-10557411
  • published27 Jun 2025
  • disclosed19 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-7376  (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. Buffer overflow in libxml2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect limit for port values when handling redirects.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1