CVE-2025-24928 Memory corruption in libxml2
A stack-based buffer overflow in libxml2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malicious DTD validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-24928?
CVE-2025-24928 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 18 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c. To exploit this, DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted DTD. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24928?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 11 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
java Bitnami | All versions | 1.8.0, 8.0.461 |
java-min Bitnami | All versions | 1.8.0, 8.0.461 |
jre Bitnami | All versions | 1.8.0, 8.0.461 |
Linux distribution packages (1)
python-lxml openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 5.3.2-1.1 |
Products include Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware, Netapp H500s Firmware, Netapp H700s Firmware and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24928?
Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.0 or 8.0.461.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-24928 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24928 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2025-24928, AZL-56931, AZL-57031, BELL-CVE-2025-24928, BIT-java-2025-24928, BIT-java-min-2025-24928 and 11 more.