CVEPublished 2025-06-16Modified 2026-06-021 article on news7 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2025-49794

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
63
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 37% of all CVEs
Description

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.

Timeline
Published 2025-06-16
Modified 2026-06-02

External references

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Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-49794 on GitHub.