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CVE-2025-8732
low 1.9
A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function xmlParseSGMLCatalog of the component xmlcatalog. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]he issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. I also doubt that anyone is still using SGML catalogs at all."
Details
- Status
- Analyzed disputed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | low 1.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
cna@vuldb.comSecondary |
| CVSS 3.1 | low 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
cna@vuldb.comSecondary |
| CVSS 2.0 | low 1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
cna@vuldb.comSecondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
References
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1woIeYVcSQB_NwfEhaVnX6MedpWJ_nqWl/view?usp=drive_linkBroken Link
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/958ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/958#note_2505853ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319228Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.319228Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.622285Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.htmlThird Party Advisory