CVE-2024-56171

HIGH
2025-02-18 [email protected]
7.8
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch Released
Apr 02, 2026 - 20:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:27 vuln.today
CVE Published
Feb 18, 2025 - 22:15 nvd
HIGH 7.8

Tags

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Libxml2 Hci Compute Node H410c Firmware H300s Firmware H500s Firmware H700s Firmware H410s Firmware Active Iq Unified Manager Manageability Software Development Kit Ontap Solidfire Hci Management Node Redhat Suse

Description

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.

Analysis

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used. Affected products include: Xmlsoft Libxml2, Netapp Hci Compute Node, Netapp H410C Firmware, Netapp H300S Firmware, Netapp H500S Firmware. Version information: before 2.12.10.

Affected Products

Xmlsoft Libxml2, Netapp Hci Compute Node, Netapp H410C Firmware, Netapp H300S Firmware, Netapp H500S Firmware.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.

Priority Score

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +0.1
CVSS: +39
POC: 0

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