vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-24977: CVE-2020-24977 libxml2: Buffer overflow vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Sep 4, 2020 | May 21, 2021 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 4, 2020
Added
May 21, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-libxml2redhat-upgrade-libxml2-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libxml2-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-libxml2-develredhat-upgrade-python3-libxml2redhat-upgrade-python3-libxml2-debuginfo
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