Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. Security Fix(es): * libxml2: Out-of-Bounds Read in libxml2 (CVE-2025-32414) * libxml2: Out-of-bounds Read in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables (CVE-2025-32415) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The libxml2 library, which implements various XML standards, contains two out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415. These flaws involve improper memory access in libxml2 and specifically in the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables function. Red Hat Product Security has released an advisory (RHSA-2025:13428) detailing these issues and providing updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to remediate the vulnerabilities. No CVSS scores were provided in the advisory. The vulnerabilities are rated as moderate impact by Red Hat.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities allow out-of-bounds memory reads, which can cause application crashes or potentially expose sensitive memory contents. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13428. For detailed instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
Description
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. Security Fix(es): * libxml2: Out-of-Bounds Read in libxml2 (CVE-2025-32414) * libxml2: Out-of-bounds Read in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables (CVE-2025-32415) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The libxml2 library, which implements various XML standards, contains two out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415. These flaws involve improper memory access in libxml2 and specifically in the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables function. Red Hat Product Security has released an advisory (RHSA-2025:13428) detailing these issues and providing updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to remediate the vulnerabilities. No CVSS scores were provided in the advisory. The vulnerabilities are rated as moderate impact by Red Hat.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities allow out-of-bounds memory reads, which can cause application crashes or potentially expose sensitive memory contents. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13428. For detailed instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:13428
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-32415"]
Threat ID: 6a1f4e88e29bf47b500823e1
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:36 UTC
Last enriched: 08/16/2026, 16:54:43 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 241
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