Resource Exhaustion Affecting libxml2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.35% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-LIBXML2-9862094
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-14567  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 libxml2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

libxml2 2.9.8, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035 and CVE-2018-9251.