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CVE-2025-24928

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. To exploit this, DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted DTD. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.

Score
7.8 high
Published
2025-02-18
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (2)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
textproc/linux-c7-libxml2linux-c7-libxml22.9.1_4unaddressedemulation@FreeBSD.org
textproc/linux-rl9-libxml2linux-rl9-libxml22.9.13_10unaddressedemulation@FreeBSD.org

VuXML

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>linux-c7-libxml2</name>
	<range><lt>2.12.10</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>linux-rl9-libxml2</name>
	<range><lt>2.12.10</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based
	buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. To exploit this,
	DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted DTD.
	NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2025-24928</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24928</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2025-02-18</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>