CVE-2024-56171

9.8

CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

Libxml2 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Description

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 18, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 16, 2025, 7:39 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-56171 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID	Vendor	Product
1	Netapp	active_iq_unified_manager
2	Netapp	h410c_firmware
3	Netapp	solidfire_\&_hci_management_node
4	Netapp	h300s_firmware
5	Netapp	h500s_firmware
6	Netapp	h700s_firmware
7	Netapp	h410s_firmware
8	Netapp	hci_compute_node
9	Netapp	h300s
10	Netapp	h410s
11	Netapp	h500s
12	Netapp	h700s
13	Netapp	h410c
14	Netapp	manageability_software_development_kit
15	Netapp	ontap
16	Netapp	hci_compute_node
1	Xmlsoft	libxml2

: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 17

CVSS Scores

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.

Score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
	CVSS 3.1	HIGH				[email protected]
	CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL				[email protected]

Solution

Update libxml2 to version 2.12.10 or later, or 2.13.6 or later.

Update libxml2 to version 2.12.10.
Update libxml2 to version 2.13.6.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-56171 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-56171.

URL	Resource
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/828	Issue Tracking
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250328-0010/	Third Party Advisory

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-56171 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-416: Use After Free

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-56171 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

kaisensan/desafio-girus-pick

None

Makefile Smarty Dockerfile Shell HCL JavaScript Go HTML TypeScript CSS

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : June 30, 2025, 6:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.

11notes/docker-paperless-ngx

Run paperless-ngx rootless by default (no SUID)!

Dockerfile Python

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

10 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : July 26, 2023, 9:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 123 different CVEs too.

adegoodyer/kubernetes-admin-toolkit

Toolkit for k8s administrators/developers.

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 5 months, 1 week ago

1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : July 10, 2022, 10:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 181 different CVEs too.

GitHubForSnap/podcast-dl-gael

None

Shell Python

Updated: 1 month ago

0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher

Born at : March 19, 2021, 11:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 113 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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