CVE-2025-49795
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.83%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-49795
To remediate CVE-2025-49795, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxml2—upgrade to 2.13.9-r0 or later
- Debian/libxml2—no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-49795 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.13.9-r0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |