HIGH 7.8 Microsoft
CVE-2024-56171
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Feb: libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.
Affected Products
- azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 libxml2 2.10.4-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-5 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56171
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56171
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2025-02-11 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-4 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 libxml2 2.10.4-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-5 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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