CVE-2025-49795CWE-825

CVE-2025-49795

High · published June 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00592 · 47.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-06-16T20:15Z
References (7)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10630 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19020 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49795 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372379 · [email protected]https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/932 · [email protected]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUN 15:19Z
    Libxml: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (dos)
    cvelistv5