Medium severity5.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-32414
CVE-2025-32414
Description
In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.
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Affected products
63- Range: <2.13.8, <2.14.2
- osv-coords60 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9pkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-dbgpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-default-jdkpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-default-jvmpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-default-policypkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-docpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-jmodspkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-11-openj9-jrepkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9pkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-dbgpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-default-jdkpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-default-jvmpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-default-policypkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-docpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-jmodspkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-17-openj9-jrepkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9pkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-dbgpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-default-jdkpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-default-jvmpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-default-policypkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-docpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-jmodspkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-21-openj9-jrepkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-25-openj9-default-jvmpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-25-openj9-jmodspkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-26-openj9-jrepkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-8-openj9pkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-8-openj9-dbgpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-8-openj9-default-jdkpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-8-openj9-default-jvmpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-8-openj9-docpkg:apk/chainguard/openjdk-8-openj9-jrepkg:bitnami/javapkg:bitnami/java-minpkg:bitnami/jrepkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2pkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libxml2-staticpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-libxml2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libxml2-python&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg: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%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg: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%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Python%203%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/python-libxml2-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2
< 0.53.0-r0+ 59 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.13-12.el9_6
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.13.8-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.10.3-150500.5.26.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.14-150400.5.41.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-46.84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.7-150000.3.79.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00041.htmlnvd
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