| 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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1102521 |
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 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1102521 |
Notes
[bookworm] - libxml2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - libxml2 <postponed> (Minor issue, OOB read)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889