CVE-2024-34459High· 7.5▾ MidnightPoC availableAn 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.
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 41.3 · likelihood 0.4 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 15.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
1.8%
Exploit / PoC code exists
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.
libxml2 < 2.11.8libxml2 >= 2.12.0, < 2.12.7Upgrade past the affected range:
libxml2 2.12.7Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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