CVE-2024-34393: libxmljs2 type confusion vulnerability when parsing specially crafted XML
libxmljs2 is vulnerable to type confusion when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking a function on the result of attrs() that was called on a parsed node. This vulnerability might lead to denial of service (on both 32-bit systems and 64-bit systems), data leak, infinite loop and remote code execution (on 32-bit systems with the XMLPARSEHUGE flag enabled). At the time of publication, there is no fix.
Published May 2, 2024 · Updated Nov 25, 2024
Affected packages
libxmljs2
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Affected
- <= 0.33.0
- Fixed in
- No patched version yet
- Check
npm ls libxmljs2
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
libxmljs2 is vulnerable to type confusion when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking a function on the result of attrs() that was called on a parsed node. This vulnerability might lead to denial of service (on both 32-bit systems and 64-bit systems), data leak, infinite loop and remote code execution (on 32-bit systems with the XML_PARSE_HUGE flag enabled). At the time of publication, there is no fix.
References
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