In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.
CVE-2025-32414
Score 5.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-04-08. NVD baseline CVSS 5.6; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.6
- EG Score
- 5.6(medium)
- EPSS
- 27.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 8, 2025
Last Modified
November 3, 2025
References (3)
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00041.html
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-32414(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:7519Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2025:22529Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage
- RHSA-2025:16159Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.58 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:15672Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.60 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:15308Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.80 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:14858Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.47 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:14853Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.56 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:14818Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.23 bug fix and security update
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Patch Availability(26)
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Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(5)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2025-324142025-05-27
In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and characters.
- Red HatRHSA-2025:12098MODERATE2025-04-08
RHSA-2025:12098 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:12237MODERATE2025-04-08
RHSA-2025:12237 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:8958MODERATE2025-04-08
RHSA-2025:8958 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-7467-1MEDIUM
libxml2 vulnerabilities
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