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High 7.5Published May 13, 2024
CVE-2024-34459An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7.
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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
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-122
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
xmlsoft xmllint xmlsoft:xmllint | before 2.11.8; from 2.12.0 before 2.12.7 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
xmlsoft libxml2 xmlsoft:libxml2 | before 2.11.8; from 2.12.0 before 2.12.7 | NVD |
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720exploit, issue-tracking
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7release-notes
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8release-notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00014.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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