Critical severity · published Feb 18, 2025
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
9.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libxml2 · xmlsoft
before 2.12.10; 2.13.0 before 2.13.6 · source: vendor, NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MS
Manageability Software Development Kit · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ON
Ontap · Netapp
9 · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56171
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56171
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/828
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/11
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/12
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/13
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/4
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