High severity · published Feb 18, 2025
CVE-2025-27113
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
before 2.12.10; 2.13.0 before 2.13.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27113
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27113
Exploit
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/861
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/11
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/12
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/13
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/4
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