Description
Uncontrolled recursion in XPath evaluation in libxml2 up to and including version 2.9.14 allows a local attacker to cause a stack overflow via crafted expressions. XPath processing functions `xmlXPathRunEval`, `xmlXPathCtxtCompile`, and `xmlXPathEvalExpr` were resetting recursion depth to zero before making potentially recursive calls. When such functions were called recursively this could allow for uncontrolled recursion and lead to a stack overflow. These functions now preserve recursion depth across recursive calls, allowing recursion depth to be controlled.
INFO
Published Date :
2025-09-10T18:43:12.204Z
Last Modified :
2025-11-03T18:14:19.914Z
Source :
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AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-9714 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Gnome |
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| Xmlsoft |
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