[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#1102521: libxml2: CVE-2025-32414

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libxml2
Version: 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libxml2.

CVE-2025-32414[0]:
| In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, out-of-bounds
| memory access can occur in the Python API (Python bindings) because
| of an incorrect return value. This occurs in xmlPythonFileRead and
| xmlPythonFileReadRaw because of a difference between bytes and
| characters.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-32414
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32414
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/889

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvtore