CVE-2025-24855

HIGH EPSS 24.2%

Published Mar 14, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

7.8 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Mar 14, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.8

Exploitability

1.8

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

24.2% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
xmlsoft	libxslt	*	<1.1.43

References 2

gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/128

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00015.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.