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CVE-2025-6021

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Published: Jun 12, 2025 | Modified: Aug 07, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6021
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html

A flaw was found in libxml2s xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of service when processing crafted input.

Weakness

A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 RedHat libxml2-0:2.12.5-7.el10_0 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7_9.10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_2.3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.13-10.el9_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.13-1.el9_0.5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.13-3.el9_2.7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support RedHat libxml2-0:2.9.13-10.el9_4 *
Red Hat Discovery 2 RedHat registry.redhat.io/discovery/discovery-server-rhel9:sha256:ad07f55ee75fb20310c88f154a04665bd8465d138d66c665c300f61447858344 *
Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 RedHat registry.redhat.io/insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:sha256:e54a5a5f9d69dd6a03e2bcd845e2202910a188d266d4a79b12c387ceffc36f2d *
Libxml2 Ubuntu oracular *

Potential Mitigations

  • Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index checking.
  • D3-SFCV (Stack Frame Canary Validation) from D3FEND [REF-1334] discusses canary-based detection in detail.
  • Run or compile the software using features or extensions that randomly arrange the positions of a program’s executable and libraries in memory. Because this makes the addresses unpredictable, it can prevent an attacker from reliably jumping to exploitable code.
  • Examples include Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) [REF-58] [REF-60] and Position-Independent Executables (PIE) [REF-64]. Imported modules may be similarly realigned if their default memory addresses conflict with other modules, in a process known as “rebasing” (for Windows) and “prelinking” (for Linux) [REF-1332] using randomly generated addresses. ASLR for libraries cannot be used in conjunction with prelink since it would require relocating the libraries at run-time, defeating the whole purpose of prelinking.
  • For more information on these techniques see D3-SAOR (Segment Address Offset Randomization) from D3FEND [REF-1335].

References

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