GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.
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Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.
September 4, 2020
November 21, 2024
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-libxml2 (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.4) @ bionic | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8 | 2021-05-18 | redhat |
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GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 has a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c. The issue has been fixed in commit 50f06b3e.
RHSA-2021:1597 — Moderate
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