cve-2025-49796
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-16 15:14
Modified
2025-06-16 15:33
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Libxml: type confusion leads to denial of service (dos)
References
Impacted products
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