An update for libxml2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.
Security Fix(es):
* libxml: use-after-free in xmlXIncludeAddNode (CVE-2022-49043)
* libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171)
* libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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CVE-2022-49043: Use After Free (CWE-416) CVE-2024-56171: Use After Free (CWE-416) CVE-2025-24928: Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)
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