CVE-2025-8732
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
libxml2 xmlcatalog xmlParseSGMLCatalog recursion
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."
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
libxml2
- Vendor
- n/a
- Product
- libxml2
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14.0 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.14.1 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.14.2 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.14.3 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.14.4 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.14.5 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |