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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2024-34394

High
8.1/10

Summary

The libxmljs2 is vulnerable to a Type Confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking the "namespaces()" function (which invokes "XmlNode::get_local_namespaces()") on a grand-child of a node that refers to an entity. This vulnerability can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) and Remote Code Execution (RCE).

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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  • Published