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Critical 9.1Published Jun 16, 2025

CVE-2025-49794Libxml: heap use after free (uaf) leads to denial of service (dos)

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and 27 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors.

CVSS
9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-825
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
redhat
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Oct 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
from 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 not affected
CNA record
from 0:2.9.1-6.el7_9.10 not affected
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from 0:2.9.7-9.el8_2.3 not affected
CNA record
from 0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.6 not affected
CNA record
from 0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.10 not affected
CNA record
from 0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.10 not affected
CNA record
from 0:2.9.13-10.el9_4 not affected
CNA record
1.0
CNA record
from 412.86.202510291903-0 not affected
CNA record
from 1.11-19 not affected
CNA record
Red Hat RHOSS-1.36-RHEL-8
redhat:openshift_serverless
from 1.36.0-11 not affected
CNA record
from v1.16.5-1760515757 not affected
CNA record
Red Hat OpenShift File Integrity Operator - FIO 1
redhat:openshift_file_integrity_operator
from v1.3 not affected
CNA record
from 2.15.2-0.3.hum1 not affected
CNA record
from 1.5.5-1754504343 not affected
CNA record
2
CNA record
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_mx5000 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_mx5000re (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1400 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1500 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1501 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1510 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1511 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1512 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1524 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx1536 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000
siemens:ruggedcom_rox_rx5000 (from the name)
before V2.17.1
CISA ADP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P
siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p (from the name)
before V4.0
CISA ADP

References

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The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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