| Name | CVE-2025-32414 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4146-1, DSA-5949-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1102521 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u9 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u4 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u2 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2.15.1+dfsg-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 | bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u7 | DLA-4146-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2 | DSA-5949-1 | ||
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-1 | 1102521 |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889