CVE-2025-24928
HIGHCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Description
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.
Analysis
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
Technical Context
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-121. 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. Affected products include: Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Manageability Software Development Kit, Netapp Ontap, Netapp Solidfire \& Hci Management Node, Xmlsoft Libxml2. Version information: before 2.12.10.
Affected Products
Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Manageability Software Development Kit, Netapp Ontap, Netapp Solidfire \& Hci Management Node, Xmlsoft Libxml2.
Remediation
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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