CVE-2025-32414

5.6 MEDIUM
Published: April 08, 2025 Modified: November 03, 2025

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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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.6 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
17th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xmlsoft