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$ cve CVE-2008-1767 JSON

CVE-2008-1767 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.8% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS12.79% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2008-05-23
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (5)

VendorProduct
redhatdesktop
redhatenterprise linux
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux desktop workstation
redhatlinux advanced workstation

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dblibxslt XSL 1.1.23 - File Processing Buffer Overflow2008-05-21

References

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