Expired Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libxml2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-10350666
  • published14 Jun 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2025

Introduced: 14 Jun 2025

NewCVE-2025-49795  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:12.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian.

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libxml2 when processing XPath XML expressions. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input to libxml2, leading to a denial of service.