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 security flaws involving out-of-bounds reads: CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415 (specifically in the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables function). These vulnerabilities could cause improper memory access. Red Hat has issued security advisories and updated libxml2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants to fix these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but Red Hat rates the impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities could lead to information disclosure or application crashes due to invalid memory access. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants should apply the security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13429. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is indicated or required beyond applying the official patches.
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 security flaws involving out-of-bounds reads: CVE-2025-32414 and CVE-2025-32415 (specifically in the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables function). These vulnerabilities could cause improper memory access. Red Hat has issued security advisories and updated libxml2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants to fix these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but Red Hat rates the impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities could lead to information disclosure or application crashes due to invalid memory access. The advisory does not report known exploits in the wild. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants should apply the security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13429. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is indicated or required beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:13429
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-32415"]
Threat ID: 6a1f4e88e29bf47b500823d8
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:36 UTC
Last enriched: 08/16/2026, 16:54:37 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 76
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