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CVE-2025-24928 libxml2

Affected softwarelibxml2
Severity7.8 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessCWE-121
Published18 Feb 2025
Updated17 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published a year ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.39% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N cve@mitre.org Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 7.7 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2025 ↗ CPU 2025-Q3 Oracle Communications / Signaling (libxml2) (24.2.4, 25.1.101)
Oracle Communications Applications / Core (libxml2) (6.0.5-6.1.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Core (libxml2) (12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025 ↗ CPU 2025-Q2 Oracle Communications / Configuration (libxml2) (24.2.4)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Communications Configuration (libxml2) 24.2.4 24.2.4
Oracle Communications Signaling (libxml2) 24.2.4, 25.1.101 24.2.4 · 25.1.101
Oracle Communications Applications Core (libxml2) 6.0.5-6.1.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Core (libxml2) 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.2.0.0 12.2.1.4.0 · 14.1.2.0.0

Products and versions

11 products, 12 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp h300s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410c firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h410s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h500s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp h700s firmware generic any version
nvd netapp hci compute node generic any version
nvd netapp manageability software development kit generic any version
nvd netapp ontap generic 9
nvd netapp solidfire \& hci management node generic any version
nvd xmlsoft libxml2 generic < 2.12.10 · ≥ 2.13.0 and < 2.13.6

References

URLTags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/847 Issue Tracking
https://issues.oss-fuzz.com/issues/392687022 Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00028.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250321-0006/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2025-02-18By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.