High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-34459
CVE-2024-34459
Description
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.
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Affected products
34- libxml2/libxml2description
- osv-coords32 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2pkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2-staticpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-libxml2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2-python&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2-python&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-libxml2-python&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-libxml2-python&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Python%203%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Python%203%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2
< 2.9.7-21.el8_10.5+ 31 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-21.el8_10.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-21.el8_10.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.5-10.el10_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-21.el8_10.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.7-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-150000.3.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-150000.3.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-150000.3.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-150000.3.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.14-150400.5.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.14-150400.5.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-46.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-46.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-46.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.6-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.14-150400.5.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.14-150400.5.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-46.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-46.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-150000.3.70.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720nvdExploitIssue Tracking
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8nvdRelease Notes
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7nvdRelease Notes
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00014.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/nvd
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