Out-of-bounds read in Libxml2 - CVE-2025-32414

 

Out-of-bounds read in Libxml2 - CVE-2025-32414

Published: April 17, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107595
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-32414
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Libxml2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read that occurs in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-32414

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources