Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-6170

Title: Redhat Openshift Container Platform Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-6170.

CWE Category CWE-121
Published Date Jun 16, 2025
Modified Date Jul 14, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 2.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.20%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-6170: 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.

Impacted Vendors

X
xmlsoft 1
R
redhat 2

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6170 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372952 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00014.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-6170 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.