Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting libxml2 package, versions [,2.14.5)
Threat Intelligence
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- published10 Jul 2025
- disclosed10 Jun 2025
- creditNikita Sveshnikov
Introduced: 10 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-49794 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libxml2 to version 2.14.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Expired Pointer Dereference via 'xmlSchematronGetNode()` function in Schematron validator. An attacker can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code by triggering use of freed memory.