CVE-2026-86141

NameCVE-2026-86141
Descriptionxmlregexp in libxml2 before 2.15.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlRegNewParserCtxt after a strdup failure, i.e., it does not calculate a string length after NULL checking.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1146744

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxml2 (PTS)bookworm2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u6vulnerable
bookworm (security)2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u4vulnerable
trixie2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u3vulnerable
trixie (security)2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid2.15.4+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxml2source(unstable)2.15.4+dfsg-11146744

Notes

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/work_items/1107
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/e89a8aae4c9b40cdafcf66b3f9e57c62db37bb55 (v2.15.4)

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