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1 vulnerability found for libxslt by GNOME
CVE-2025-7424 (GCVE-0-2025-7424)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-10 14:05 – Updated: 2026-06-29 20:46
VLAI?
Title
Libxslt: type confusion in xmlnode.psvi between stylesheet and source nodes
Summary
A flaw was found in the libxslt library. The same memory field, psvi, is used for both stylesheet and input data, which can lead to type confusion during XML transformations. This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the application or corrupt memory. In some cases, it may lead to denial of service or unexpected behavior.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Assigner
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Affected:
0 , < 1.1.44
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Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Ivan Fratric (Google Project Zero) for reporting this issue.
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