libxmljs has segmentation fault, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS)
Date: 2025-12
Affected: npm/libxmljs
Attack vector: dos
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2025-25341
CWE: CWE-400
CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

A vulnerability exists in the libxmljs 1.0.11 when parsing a specially crafted XML document. Accessing the internal _ref property on entity_ref and entity_decl nodes causes a segmentation fault, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS).


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