libxml2 — security advisory

{
  "id": "365504f0f67a75209a0ccd019b4fe050dadc9b974d11255ece019053634363db",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49796",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49796",
    "summary": "A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to sensitive data being corrupted in memory.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-49796",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libxml2",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
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            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
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      },
      {
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "value": "2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2",
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    ],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
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                {
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxml2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.9.14+dfsg-1.2",
            "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1",
            "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u2"
          ],
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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              "events": [
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                {
                  "fixed": "2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2"
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxml2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxml2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T09:47:35.006994Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2025-49796"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49796"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-49796",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 111683,
  "published_at": "2025-06-16T16:15:19.37+00:00"
}