CVE-2025-49794
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors.
Scoring
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS base score
- 9.1
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.78%
- CWE
- CWE-825
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- Last modified
- 2026-09-06
Affected products
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
Weakness type
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