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CVE-2015-7995
The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.3%
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- mitre
Description
The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (22)
- DSA-3605 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205731 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205729 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151027 CVE request: libxslt xsltStylePreCompute() type confusion DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151028 Re: CVE request: libxslt xsltStylePreCompute() type confusion DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-01-25-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1034736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=7ca19df892ca22d9314e95d59ce2abdeff46b617 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 77325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSA:2016-148-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205732 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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