CVE-2008-1767

libxslt <1.1.24 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

Buffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT "transformation match" condition that triggers a large number of steps.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Anthony de Almeida Lopes · htmldoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31815

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References (29)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:151

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1580/references

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020071

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

[Exploit] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29312

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0287.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30393

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30521

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31363

[Exploit] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527297

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1589

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42560

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30315

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32706

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-02.xml

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298

... and 9 more

Scores

EPSS 0.2079

EPSS Percentile 95.6%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (9)

redhat/desktop 3

redhat/enterprise_linux 2.1 (3 CPE variants)

redhat/enterprise_linux 3.0 (3 CPE variants)

redhat/enterprise_linux 4.0 (3 CPE variants)

redhat/enterprise_linux 5.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 4

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop_workstation 5

redhat/linux_advanced_workstation 2.1

Published May 23, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026