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Vulnerability details: VCID-zxp8-ej4m-cban
Vulnerability ID VCID-zxp8-ej4m-cban
Aliases CVE-2024-34459
Summary An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-126 Buffer Over-read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-34459.json
epss 0.00135 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00135 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00135 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00135 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00135 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00214 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
epss 0.00214 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-34459.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-34459
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-34459
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
1071162 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1071162
2280532 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280532
5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
CVE-2024-34459 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34459
INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
USN-7240-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7240-1/
USN-7302-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7302-1/
v2.11.8 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
v2.12.7 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-34459.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T17:18:58Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T17:18:58Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T17:18:58Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T17:18:58Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5HVUXKYTBWT3G5DEEQX62STJQBY367NL/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T17:18:58Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/INKSSLW5VMZIXHRPZBAW4TJUX5SQKARG/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T17:18:58Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VRDJCNQP32LV56KESUQ5SNZKAJWSZZRI/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.34157
EPSS Score 0.00135
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:41:14.383527+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.21/main.json 37.0.0