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Vulnerability details: VCID-464a-typa-7qbu
Vulnerability ID VCID-464a-typa-7qbu
Aliases CVE-2025-6170
Summary libxml2: Stack Buffer Overflow in xmllint Interactive Shell Command Handling
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 2.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519
cvssv3 2.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-6170.json
cvssv3.1 2.5 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00034 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00118 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00118 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00118 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
epss 0.00118 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
cvssv3.1 2.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952
cvssv3.1 4.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 2.5 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/941
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/941
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2898
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-6170.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-6170
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-6170
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1107938 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1107938
2372952 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952
941 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/941
AVG-2898 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2898
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
CVE-2025-6170 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170
RHSA-2026:7519 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519
USN-7694-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7694-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-16T16:05:03Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-6170.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-16T16:05:03Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-16T16:05:03Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/941
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-16T16:05:03Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/941
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.10028
EPSS Score 0.00034
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:39:33.565629+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-6170.json 38.0.0