CVE-2025-6170 Information

Jun 17, 2025 cve

Description

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

2.5

CNNVD-202506-1847 (Published: 2025-06-16)

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