CVE-2025-49794

Libxml: heap use after free (uaf) leads to denial of service (dos)

CVE-2025-49794 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2025:10630, released June 12, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.1
Critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0083
57th percentile

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs whenparsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematronhas the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows amalicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml,resulting in the program's crash using libxml or other possible undefinedbehaviors.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libxml2 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49794 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49794 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · Debian 14 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49794 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · RHEL 10 2.12.5-7.el10_0 RHSA-2025:10630 Jun 12, 2025
libxml2 · RHEL 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 RHSA-2025:10698 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2 · RHEL 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 RHSA-2025:10699 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8 libxml2 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4 libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2 libxml2 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2 Jan 16, 2026
libxml2 · almalinux 10 2.12.5-7.el10_0 ALSA-2025:10630 Jul 8, 2025
libxml2 · almalinux 8 2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 ALSA-2025:10698 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2 · almalinux 9 2.9.13-10.el9_6 ALSA-2025:10699 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2 · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025
libxml2 · ol 10 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 ELSA-2025-10630 Jul 8, 2025
libxml2 · ol 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 ELSA-2025-10698 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2 · ol 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 ELSA-2025-10699 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2 · opensuse-leap 15.6 2.10.3-150500.5.29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02314-1 Jul 15, 2025
libxml2 · rocky 10 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 RLSA-2025:10630 Oct 3, 2025
libxml2 · rocky 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 RLSA-2025:10698 Jul 29, 2025
libxml2 · rocky 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 RLSA-2025:10699 Oct 4, 2025
libxml2 · sles 15.6 2.10.3-150500.5.29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02314-1 Jul 15, 2025
libxml2 · sles 15.7 2.12.10-150700.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02260-1 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025
libxml2-debugsource · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025
libxml2-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 RHSA-2025:10698 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 RHSA-2025:10699 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-devel · almalinux 10 2.12.5-7.el10_0 ALSA-2025:10630 Jul 8, 2025
libxml2-devel · almalinux 8 2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 ALSA-2025:10698 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-devel · almalinux 9 2.9.13-10.el9_6 ALSA-2025:10699 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-devel · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025
libxml2-devel · ol 10 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 ELSA-2025-10630 Jul 8, 2025
libxml2-devel · ol 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 ELSA-2025-10698 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-devel · ol 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 ELSA-2025-10699 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-python · opensuse-leap 15.6 2.10.3-150500.5.29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02314-1 Jul 15, 2025
libxml2-python · sles 15.6 2.10.3-150500.5.29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02314-1 Jul 15, 2025
libxml2-python · sles 15.7 2.12.10-150700.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02260-1 Jul 9, 2025
libxml2-static · almalinux 10 2.12.5-7.el10_0 ALSA-2025:10630 Jul 8, 2025
libxml2-static · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025
libxml2-static · ol 10 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 ELSA-2025-10630 Jul 8, 2025
libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 libxml2-utils 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8 libxml2-utils 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4 libxml2-utils 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4 Jun 16, 2025
libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2 libxml2-utils 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2 Jan 16, 2026
python-libxml2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 python-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 Jun 16, 2025
python-libxml2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 python-libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 Jun 16, 2025
python-libxml2-python · opensuse-leap 15.6 2.9.7-150000.3.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02275-1 Jul 10, 2025
python3-libxml2 · RHEL 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 RHSA-2025:10698 Jul 9, 2025
python3-libxml2 · RHEL 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 RHSA-2025:10699 Jul 9, 2025
python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 python3-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4 Jun 16, 2025
python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 python3-libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1 Jun 16, 2025
python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8 python3-libxml2 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8 Jun 16, 2025
python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4 python3-libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4 Jun 16, 2025
python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2 python3-libxml2 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2 Jan 16, 2026
python3-libxml2 · almalinux 10 2.12.5-7.el10_0 ALSA-2025:10630 Jul 8, 2025
python3-libxml2 · almalinux 8 2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 ALSA-2025:10698 Jul 9, 2025
python3-libxml2 · almalinux 9 2.9.13-10.el9_6 ALSA-2025:10699 Jul 9, 2025
python3-libxml2 · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025
python3-libxml2 · ol 10 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 ELSA-2025-10630 Jul 8, 2025
python3-libxml2 · ol 8 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 ELSA-2025-10698 Jul 9, 2025
python3-libxml2 · ol 9 0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 ELSA-2025-10699 Jul 9, 2025
python3-libxml2-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1103 Jul 21, 2025

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