Vulnerability · CVE-2023-29469
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4.
Published Apr 24, 2023 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · An issue was discovered
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-29469. EPSS is 1.30%. Act only if a listed version of An issue was discovered is installed.
Gaps on this record
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- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 1.30%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe xmlsoft/libxml2
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).
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- cpe debian/debian linux10.0
- cpe xmlsoft/libxml2version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2023-29469
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-29469. EPSS is 1.30%. Act only if a listed version of An issue was discovered is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 10.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-415: Double Free. EPSS 1.30%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 24, 2023 · NIST NVD
Detected
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-29469
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-29469
30-day exploitation probability 1.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-29469
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.