What is CVE-2024-25062?

CVE-2024-25062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-25062?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-25062 known to be exploited?

11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Xmlsoft Libxml2

CVE-2024-25062

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.014 (69.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Xmlsoft Libxml2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25062?: CVE-2024-25062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xmlsoft Libxml2, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-25062?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-25062 known to be exploited?: 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.