libxmljs2 namespaces type confusion RCE

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-34394
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerJFROG
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-05-02 19:15:06 UTC
Updated2026-10-03 10:16:38 UTC
Descriptionlibxmljs2 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.009970000 probability, percentile 0.614510000 (date 2026-10-05)

Problem Types: CWE-843 | CWE-843 CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
ADP Marudor Libxmljs2 affected * Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/marudor/libxmljs2/issues/205 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libxmljs2-namespaces-type-confusion-rce-jfsa-... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 research.jfrog.com
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