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libxmljs vulnerable to type confusion when parsing specially crafted XML

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 2, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 3, 2024

Package

npm libxmljs2 (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.0.11

Patched versions

None

Description

libxmljs2 is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking the namespaces() function (which invokes XmlNode::get_local_namespaces()) on a grand-child of a node that refers to an entity. This vulnerability can lead to denial of service and remote code execution.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 2, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2024
Last updated May 3, 2024
Reviewed May 3, 2024

Severity

High
8.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2024-34394

GHSA ID

GHSA-78h3-pg4x-j8cv

Source code

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