CVE-2024-25062

Exp

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

Published: 2024-02-04 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-25062 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.38%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-25062

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-25062

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.16% 1.38% +1.22%
2 2026-02-22 0.12% 0.16% +0.03%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-25062

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-25062

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-25062

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-25062: 3 source package rows (libxml2, libxml2.13, qt6-qtwebengine); 16 state rows across 12 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 12, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-25062
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-25062 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxml2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25062
gentoo normal CVE-2024-25062: 1 GLSA(s) (202402-11), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/libxml2); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-25062
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25062
suse high CVE-2024-25062 severity important: SUSE including 358 source package names (0.23:libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.14.1, 0.3.2-1.2:libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.14.1, …), 940 product×package rows across 345 product lines (Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, Container bci/kiwi, … (345 product lines)): Fixed 680, Known Affected 195, Known Not Affected 65. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25062/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-25062 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxml2), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25062

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-25062

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xmlsoft libxml2 < 2.11.7 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 >= 2.12.0, < 2.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-25062

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