VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-49796
CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-06-16
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Description
A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to sensitive data being corrupted in memory.
Weakness classification
- secalert@redhat.com: CWE-125