| Name | CVE-2025-26434 |
| Description | In libxml2, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a buffer overflow. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u8 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u4 | fixed |
| trixie (security), trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 2.14.5+dfsg-0.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- libxml2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not in a Debian released version)
https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-16
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/797
Introduced by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2adcde39206bbb0aa4d097fe62162400df5cf360 (v2.14.0)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5e7874015ef5ed8b2705eb2f7b0960f56f7760ea (v2.14.0)