A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors.
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"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/49xxx/CVE-2025-49794.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-825"
],
"cna_assigner": "redhat"
}