CVE-2025-27113: Null Pointer Dereference

Published Feb 18, 2025
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Updated

Accessibility. A logging issue was addressed with improved data redaction.

Other sources

AccountPolicy. This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.

Apple

Accounts. This issue was addressed with improved data access restriction.

Apple

AirDrop. A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.

Apple

AirPlay. A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved input validation.

Apple

AirPlay. A type confusion issue was addressed with improved checks.

Apple

Credit

Uri Katz (Oligo Security), an anonymous researcher, Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Claudio Bozzato(Cisco Talos), Francesco Benvenuto(Cisco Talos), Bohdan Stasiuk@@bohdan_stasiuk, Hossein Lotfi@@hosselot(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Yutong Xiu@@Sou1gh0st, Denis Tokarev@@illusionofcha0s, Kirin@@Pwnrin, CVE-2025-24085, Jonathan Bar Or@@yo_yo_yo_jbo(Microsoft), YingQi Shi@@Mas0nShi(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc, Stephan Casas, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Kandji), Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, CVE-2024-9681, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), Pietro Francesco Tirenna(Shielder), Davide Silvetti(Shielder), Abdel Adim Oisfi(Shielder), Manuel Fernandez (Stackhopper Security), LFY@@secsys(Fudan University), Murray Mike(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Dave G.(Supernetworks), Michael (Biscuit) Thomas - @social.lol@@biscuit, Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Kenneth Chew, Paweł Płatek (Trail(Bits), CVE-2025-27113, CVE-2024-56171, 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy(Supernetworks), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(Supernetworks), Alex Radocea(Supernetworks), Diamant Osmani & Valdrin Haliti [Kosovë], dbpeppe, Solitechworld, Pwn2car, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Kandji), (Kandji), Pedro Tôrres@@t0rr3sp3dr0, Noah Gregory (wts.dev), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Bing Shi(Alibaba Group), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Luyi Xing(Indiana University Bloomington), Halle Winkler, Politepix theoffcuts.org, Dolf Hoegaerts, Michiel Devliegere, Andrew James Gonzalez, Junsung <3(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Richard Hyunho Im with routezero.security@@richeeta, Joseph Ravichandran@@0xjprx(MIT CSAIL), zbleet(QI), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(OffSec), 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy)(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Minghao Lin@@Y1nKoc(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Zhongquan Li@@Guluisacat, PixiePoint Security, Andreas Hegenberg (folivora.AI GmbH), Lehan Dilusha@@zafer, Jimmy, Jax Reissner, @@RenwaX23, Apple, Paul Bakker(ParagonERP), Gary Kwong, rheza@@ginggilBesel, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, Lukas Bernhard, Tashita Software Security, Xiangwei Zhang(Tencent Security YUNDING LAB), linjy(HKUS3Lab), chluo(WHUSecLab), Brendon Tiszka(Google Project Zero), Dominik Rath, Martin Kreichgauer(Google Chrome), Google Threat Analysis Group, wac(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Andr.Ess, CVE-2024-48958, 风沐云烟@@binary_fmyy, Alexia Wilson(Microsoft), Christine Fossaceca(Microsoft), Jaydev Ahire, Alexander Heinrich@@Sn0wfreeze, SEEMOO, TU Darmstadt & Mathy Vanhoef@@vanhoefm, Jeroen Robben@@RobbenJeroen, DistriNet, KU Leuven, Vsevolod Kokorin (Slonser)(Solidlab), pattern-f@@pattern_F_, Ron Masas(BREAKPOINT), Syarif Muhammad Sajjad, Zhongcheng Li(IES Red Team of ByteDance), mzzzz__, Muhammad Zaid Ghifari (Mr.ZheeV), Kalimantan Utara, Florian Draschbacher, Dalibor Milanovic, Abhay Kailasia@@abhay_kailasia(C), Chi Yuan Chang(ZUSO ART), taikosoup, Jeffrey Hofmann, Ian Mckay@@iann0036, Nolan Astrein(Kandji), luckyu@@uuulucky, Rodolphe BRUNETTI@@eisw0lf, Murray Mike, Dayton Pidhirney(Atredis Partners), Lyutoon, YenKoc, Ye Zhang@@VAR10CK(Baidu Security), Koh M. Nakagawa@@tsunek0h(FFRI Security Inc), Alhour@@NSAntoine, CVE-2023-27043, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Rodolphe Brunetti@@eisw0lf(Lupus Nova), K宝@@Pwnrin, Tong Liu@@Lyutoon_, 风(binary_fmyy), F00L, Dave G., Cristian Dinca(Computer Science), Romania, 风沐云烟 (binary_fmyy), Kirin, FlowerCode, Pedro José Pereira Vieito / pvieito.com)@@pvieito

Affected Software

17 affected componentsFixes available
Gnome libxml2<2.12.10, >2.13.0<=2.13.6
Xmlsoft Libxml2<2.12.10
Xmlsoft Libxml2>=2.13.0<2.13.6
debian/libxml2<=2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4, <=2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1, <=2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2, <=2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.3
2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u6
Apple macOS Sonoma<14.7.5
14.7.5
Apple macOS Ventura<13.7.5
13.7.5
Apple iPadOS<17.7.6
17.7.6
Apple macOS Sequoia<15.4
15.4
F5 Traffix SDC=5.2.0
Apple visionOS<2.4
2.4
Apple tvOS<18.4
18.4
Apple WatchOS<11.4
11.4
Apple iOS<18.4
18.4
Apple iPadOS<18.4
18.4
Microsoft cbl2 libxml2 2.10.4-6
Microsoft azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-4
Microsoft azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-5

Event History

Feb 18, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Feb 27, 2025
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·08:00 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·08:00 AM
DescriptionSeverity
Mar 6, 2025
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:01 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Mar 18, 2025
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·12:05 AM
Description
Mar 31, 2025
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Affected Software
Apr 1, 2025
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Sep 24, 2025
Advisory Published
via F5·03:21 PM
Data Sourced
via F5·03:21 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-27113?

CVE-2025-27113 is categorized as a moderate severity vulnerability due to the potential for a NULL pointer dereference.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-27113?

To fix CVE-2025-27113, update libxml2 to version 2.12.10 or later, or version 2.13.6 or later.

3

What versions of libxml2 are affected by CVE-2025-27113?

CVE-2025-27113 affects libxml2 versions before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6.

4

What happens if CVE-2025-27113 is exploited?

Exploiting CVE-2025-27113 could lead to application crashes due to the NULL pointer dereference.

5

Is there a known fix for CVE-2025-27113?

Yes, upgrading to the specified safe versions of libxml2 provides a known fix for CVE-2025-27113.

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