FKIE_CVE-2025-24855

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-14 02:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 22:18
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/128Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00015.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xmlsoft libxslt *
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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "CEA1BBB0-7A2D-4692-9A66-E59385990224",
              "versionEndExcluding": "1.1.43",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
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        }
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "numbers.c en libxslt anterior a la versi\u00f3n 1.1.43 tiene un m\u00e9todo de uso despu\u00e9s de la liberaci\u00f3n porque, en evaluaciones XPath anidadas, un nodo de contexto XPath puede modificarse, pero nunca restaurarse. Esto est\u00e1 relacionado con xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs y xsltComputeSortResultInternal."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-24855",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-03T22:18:40.750",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
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          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
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  "published": "2025-03-14T02:15:15.717",
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      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00015.html"
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "value": "CWE-416"
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      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "type": "Secondary"
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  ]
}


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