| Name | CVE-2024-25062 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | ELA-1227-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1063234 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u11 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u9 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - libxml2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - libxml2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - libxml2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/604
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2b0aac140d739905c7848a42efc60bfe783a39b7 (v2.11.7)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/92721970884fcc13305cb8e23cdc5f0dd7667c2c (v2.12.5)
[stretch] - libxml2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue; follow bookworm, bullseye, and buster)