Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2025-27113

Low 2.9

In plain English

A low-severity null pointer dereference in libxml2 from xmlsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.9Low
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20libxml22.12.7-r2ALPINE-CVE-2025-27113
Alpine:v3.21libxml22.13.4-r5ALPINE-CVE-2025-27113
Alpine:v3.22libxml22.13.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-27113
Alpine:v3.23libxml22.13.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-27113
Alpine:v3.24libxml22.13.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2025-27113
Debian:12libxml22.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2DSA-5949-1
Debian:12libxml22.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27113
Debian:13libxml22.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27113
Debian:14libxml22.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27113
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibxml22.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.6USN-7302-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibxml22.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-27113
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibxml22.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-27113
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibxml22.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.2USN-7302-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xmlsoft libxml2 0 – before 2.12.102.13.0 – before 2.13.6

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References