An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c.
Mend Note: This vulnerability does not affect RubyGem's Nokogiri directly, but its dependency libxml2, which is downloaded during Nokogiri's depndency resolution.
CVE-2024-34459 - High Severity Vulnerability
Library home page: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/external/libxml2/
Found in HEAD commit: 43bb56f33bd8282d18aa6e095f173d774542f4c3
Found in base branch: master
An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7. Formatting error messages with xmllint --htmlout can result in a buffer over-read in xmlHTMLPrintFileContext in xmllint.c. Mend Note: This vulnerability does not affect RubyGem's Nokogiri directly, but its dependency libxml2, which is downloaded during Nokogiri's depndency resolution.
Publish Date: 2024-05-13
URL: CVE-2024-34459
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: None
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Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
Release Date: 2024-05-14
Fix Resolution: libxml2-v2.11.8,v2.12.7, nokogiri - 1.16.5
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