Linux · Red Hat · Security advisory · February 18, 2025

RHBA-2025:6597: libxml2 security update

RHBA-2025:6597, released February 18, 2025, fixes 3 CVEs in libxml2 (version 2.12.5-5.el10_0). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVEs closed
3
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Highest CVSS
9.8
Base score, 0 to 10
Highest EPSS
0.0122
68th percentile

Priority of the 3 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 0 High 3 Routine 0

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
libxml2RHEL 102.12.5-5.el10_0

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleCVSSEPSSExploitation
High CVE-2024-40896 libxml2: In libxml2 2.11 before 2.11.9, 2.12 before 2.12.9, and 2.13 before 2.13.3,the SAX parser can produce events for exter...9.1 0.0122 None reported
High CVE-2024-56171 libxml2: Parsing a file may lead to an unexpected app termination9.8 0.0118 None reported
High CVE-2025-24928 libxml2: libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based bufferoverflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c8.1 0.0039 None reported
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