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High 7.5Published Jun 16, 2025
CVE-2025-49795Libxml: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (dos)
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A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libxml2 when processing XPath XML expressions. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input to libxml2, leading to a denial of service.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 12, 2026
Affected products
GNOME libxml2 gnome:libxml2 (from the name) | from 2.10.0 before 2.14.5 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | from 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP2 redhat:jboss_core_services | 1.0 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird | from 2.15.2-0.3.hum1 not affected | CNA record |
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p (from the name) | before V4.0 | CISA ADP |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10630vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19020vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49795vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372379issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/932
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
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