CVE-2025-32414 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32414
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32414

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		libxml2: Out-of-Bounds Read in libxml2
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32414 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32414
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	threat_severity `Moderate`

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Weaknesses		CWE-393
References		https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:57:02.635Z

Reserved: 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-32414

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:56:56.583Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-04-08T03:15:15.940

Modified: 2025-04-09T15:16:03.163

Link: CVE-2025-32414

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-32414 - Bugzilla

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