CVE-2024-34459 Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-LIBXML2-6861234
  • published30 Jan 2025
  • disclosed14 May 2024

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2024-34459  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 libxml2 to version 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.

CVSS Scores

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