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CVE-2024-34459

n/a n/a — An issue was discovered in xmllint (from libxml2) before 2.11.8 and 2.12.x before 2.12.7.
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  N  N    7.5   .0180   78.1     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —
TIMELINE
  May 4   Reserved by mitre
  May 13  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 15  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2024-34459. Public exploit reference added.
CWE-122 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
May 4, 2024ReservedReserved by mitre
May 13, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: mitre)
October 15, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2024-34459. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
n/an/a—n/a—

Weaknesses

CWE-122

References (11)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2024-34459 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-122

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-34459 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.