CVE-2025-6170

Publication date 16 June 2025

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

2.5 · Low

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml2 25.04 plucky
Fixed 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.2
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm9
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm8

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxml2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 2.5 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L