What is CVE-2025-9714?

CVE-2025-9714 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libxml2, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-9714?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-9714 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Libxml2

CVE-2025-9714

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 `x…

EPSS: 0.001 (4.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libxml2 — versions 0
Xmlsoft Libxml2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9714?: CVE-2025-9714 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libxml2, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-9714?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-9714 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.