CVE-2024-56171

Summary

CVE-2024-56171 is a vulnerability affecting libxml2 versions before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6. This issue involves a use-after-free bug in the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables functions in xmlschemas.c. The vulnerability can be exploited if a maliciously crafted XML document is validated against an XML schema with specific identity constraints, or if a crafted XML schema is used. Successful exploitation could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution or memory corruption.

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