CVE-2025-49795

Publication date 16 June 2025

Last updated 1 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml2	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Notes

leosilva

Besides devel/questing all other releases miss source that cause the issue.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H