NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libxml2 package, versions [,2.12.10)[2.13.0,2.13.6)
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- published19 Feb 2025
- disclosed18 Feb 2025
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Introduced: 18 Feb 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade libxml2 to version 2.12.10, 2.13.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the xmlPatMatch() function in pattern.c. An attacker can cause the application to crash. Known functions that make use of the vulnerable function include XML::LibXML::Reader (perl), retainpath (Tcl), and xmllint --walker --pattern/xmllint --stream --pattern.