CVE-2025-6170

low

Description

A flaw was found in the interactive shell of the xmllint command-line tool, used for parsing XML files. When a user inputs an overly long command, the program does not check the input size properly, which can cause it to crash. This issue might allow attackers to run harmful code in rare configurations without modern protections.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76042

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75660

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75659

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75658

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75657

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75655

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75654

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75652

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74771

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74688

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74687

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74685

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74683

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74681

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74679

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74678

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74677

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74674

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74463

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74462

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74461

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74460

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74459

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74458

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74450

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74365

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74364

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74363

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74362

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74361

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74360

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74359

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73962

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73961

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73960

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73959

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73930

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73929

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73909

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73859

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72476

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72475

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72470

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72399

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72395

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72394

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70639

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70596

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53371

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39317

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39304

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36734

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-16

Updated: 2026-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 2.5

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00323