Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting libxmljs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-LIBXMLJS-10674183
  • published10 Jul 2025
  • disclosed11 Jun 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2025

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libxmljs.

Overview

libxmljs is a libxml bindings for v8 javascript engine

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Expired Pointer Dereference due to a null pointer dereference while processing XPath XML expressions. An attacker can cause a crash and disrupt service availability by sending specially crafted input that triggers the dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1