CVE-2025-49795

high

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372379

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49795

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10630

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-16

Updated: 2025-07-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H