vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-7694-1 (CVE-2025-49794): libxml2 vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 16, 2025
Added
Aug 21, 2025
Modified
Aug 22, 2025

Description

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

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libxml2ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-libxml2ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-libxml2
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