PT-2024-25853 · Libxmljs · Libxmljs

Uriya Yavnieli · Published 2024-05-02 · Updated 2025-10-10 · CVE-2024-34392

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxmljs (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a type confusion vulnerability that occurs when parsing a specially crafted XML. This happens when the namespaces() function is invoked on a grand-child of a node that refers to an entity, which in turn invokes wrap xmlNode nsDef get(). The vulnerability can lead to denial of service and remote code execution.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

RCE

Type Confusion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-843

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-34392

GHSA-MG49-JQGW-GCJ6

Affected Products

Libxmljs

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/issues/646 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libxmljs-namespaces-type-confusion-rce-jfsa-2024-001034096 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34392 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mg49-jqgw-gcj6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34392 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786114318649679953 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/138203 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/78914 · Telegram Post