What is CVE-2024-34394?

CVE-2024-34394 is a high-severity vulnerability, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-34394?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-34394 known to be exploited?

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

CVE-2024-34394

CVE-2024-34394

libxmljs2 is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking the namespaces() function (which invokes XmlNode::get_local_namespaces()) on a grand-child of a node that refers to an entity. This vulnerability can lead to denial of service and remote code execution.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ttskp/libxmljs2-noop

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-34394?: CVE-2024-34394 is a high-severity vulnerability, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-34394?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-34394 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.