CVE•Published 2025-06-16•Modified 2026-06-29•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-49796
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
70
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 30% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2025-06-16
Modified 2026-06-29
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-49796Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-49796Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-49796Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-49796GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-49796" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-49796 on GitHub.