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vulnerabilityCVE-2023-29469
Name
CVE-2023-29469
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
libxml2
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


6.5
CVSSv31
6.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.15.3
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.15.3
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.15.3-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.15.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.15.3
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.12.10
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


libxml2 (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
[CVE-2023-29469] Hashing of empty dict strings isn't
Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@aevum.de>
CVE-2023-29469