Out-of-Bounds Write in java (CVE-2025-6021)
Summary
Out-of-bounds write in java (CVE-2025-6021). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.8.0, 8.0.481 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of service when processing crafted input.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-6021 has been found in java.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade java to 1.8.0, 8.0.481 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "java CVE-2025-6021" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-6021 (java) — CWE-787 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.8.0, 8.0.481 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) exists in java.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of java.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.8.0, 8.0.481.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'java' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'java' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
javaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade java to 1.8.0, 8.0.481ステージング環境で 1.8.0, 8.0.481 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2025-6021 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.13.9-r0
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-6021 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.10.4-r5
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6021 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u8
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