Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libxml2 package, versions [0,]
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- published10 Jul 2025
- disclosed12 Jun 2025
- creditAhmed Lekssays
Introduced: 12 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-6021 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow via the xmlBuildQName function. An attacker can cause a crash and denial of service by supplying specially crafted XML input that triggers an integer overflow and subsequent stack buffer overflow.