# CVE-2023-45322: libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can't control when memory allocations fail."

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/583
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/344
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/06/5

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