An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7.

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1. May 14, 2024 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.

2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.

Affected

• cpe xmlsoft/libxml2version unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-34459

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-34459

  30-day exploitation probability 1.8%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-34459

  An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Exploit · gitlab.gnome.org
• Release Notes · gitlab.gnome.org
• Release Notes · gitlab.gnome.org
• Mailing List · lists.fedoraproject.org
• Mailing List · lists.fedoraproject.org
• Mailing List · lists.fedoraproject.org