CVE-2025-6170
LOW severity · CVSS 2.5 · CWE-121
2.5CVSS LOW
Summary
A flaw was found in the interactive shell of the xmllint command-line tool, used for parsing XML files. When a user inputs an overly long command, the program does not check the input size properly, which can cause it to crash. This issue might allow attackers to run harmful code in rare configurations without modern protections.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactLow
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/941
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00014.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html