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CVE-2025-24855

Public on 2025-03-14
Modified on 2025-03-17
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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libxslt 2025-04-17 ALAS-2025-1968
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libxslt 2025-04-16 ALAS2-2025-2823
Amazon Linux 2023 libxslt 2025-04-01 ALAS2023-2025-909

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H