CVE-2025-24928 HIGH

CVE-2025-24928

Vendor Xmlsoft
Product libxml2
Weakness CWE-121
Published February 18, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 18, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated