CVE-2025-49796CRITICAL 9.1EPSS p69.7%
CVE-2025-49796CVE-2025-49796
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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.1 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.44% probability of exploitation · percentile 69.7% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-06-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-02 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11580
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12098
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12099
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12199
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12237
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Out-of-bounds Readcwe-125 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.