In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.6
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-devel | Jul 1, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade libxml2 | Aug 8, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2-staticUpgrade libxml2-python | May 30, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade libxml2-debugsourceUpgrade python3-libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade libxml2-staticUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-devel | May 14, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libxml2 | May 2, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade py311-libxml2Upgrade py312-libxml2Upgrade py310-libxml2Upgrade py39-libxml2 | Jun 1, 2025 | May 31, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2 | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade libxml2Upgrade python3-libxml2 | Aug 13, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2 | Jul 21, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade libxml2Upgrade python3-libxml2 | Aug 13, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2Upgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-staticUpgrade libxml2-python | Jun 30, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade rhcos | Aug 10, 2026 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2-debugsourceUpgrade libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade libxml2-staticUpgrade python3-libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade python3-libxml2No solution exists | Jun 13, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade python3-libxml2-debuginfoUpgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2-debugsourceUpgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-staticUpgrade libxml2-develUpgrade libxml2-debuginfo | Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python311-libxml2Upgrade python-libxml2Upgrade python3-libxml2-pythonUpgrade libxml2-devel-32bitUpgrade libxml2-develUpgrade python313-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-toolsUpgrade libxml2-2Upgrade libxml2-2-32bitUpgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade libxml2-doc | Dec 5, 2025 | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3-libxml2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libxml2Upgrade libxml2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-libxml2Upgrade python-libxml2 (Ubuntu Pro) | Apr 29, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 |
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