SB2025022619 - Denial of service in libxml2
Published: February 26, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025022619
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27113)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the xmlPatMatch() function in pattern.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML document to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.