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CVE-2025-6170

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A flaw was found in the interactive shell of the xmllint command-line tool, used for parsing XML files.

Vendor / product: Redhat — jboss core services

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.

CVSS
2.5
2.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-06-16 16:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 02:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 4 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 02:40 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

redhat / jboss_core_services all versions
redhat / openshift_container_platform 4.0
redhat / enterprise_linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
xmlsoft / libxml2 all versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 02:40 UTC · record ↗

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