CVE-2025-6021
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2025-06-12 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of service when processing crafted input.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 10 (libxml2) | ELSA-2025-10630 | 2025-07-08 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (libxml2) | ELSA-2025-10698 | 2025-07-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (libxml2) | ELSA-2025-10699 | 2025-07-09 |
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