Description
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."
References (6)
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-404
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (6)
n/a/libxml2
2.14.0
n/a/libxml2
2.14.1
n/a/libxml2
2.14.2
n/a/libxml2
2.14.3
n/a/libxml2
2.14.4
n/a/libxml2
2.14.5
Published
Aug 08, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026