CVE-2025-27113

LOW
2025-02-18 [email protected]
2.9
CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:27 vuln.today
PoC Detected
Nov 03, 2025 - 22:18 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Feb 18, 2025 - 23:15 nvd
LOW 2.9

Tags

Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Libxml2

Description

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c.

Analysis

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlPatMatch in pattern.c. Affected products include: Xmlsoft Libxml2. Version information: before 2.12.10.

Affected Products

Xmlsoft Libxml2.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.

Priority Score

35
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +0.2
CVSS: +14
POC: +20

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