CVE-2024-34459

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  3. CVE-2024-34459
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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720 Issue Tracking Exploit
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8 Release Notes
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7 Release Notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/ Third Party Advisory Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/ Third Party Advisory Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/ Third Party Advisory Mailing List
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720 Issue Tracking Exploit
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8 Release Notes
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7 Release Notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/ Third Party Advisory Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/ Third Party Advisory Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/ Third Party Advisory Mailing List
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

10 Oct 2025, 18:00

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Xmlsoft
Xmlsoft libxml2
References () https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720 - () https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720 - Issue Tracking, Exploit
References () https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8 - () https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8 - Release Notes
References () https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7 - () https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7 - Release Notes
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/ - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/ - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/ - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2024-05-14 15:39

Updated : 2025-10-10 18:00

NVD link : CVE-2024-34459

Mitre link : CVE-2024-34459

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-34459

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xmlsoft

  • libxml2
CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow