CVE-2008-2935 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.8% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rc4 (1) encryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction) and (2) decryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4DecryptFunction) functions in crypto.c in libexslt in libxslt 1.1.8 through 1.1.24 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XML file containing a long string as "an argument in the XSL input."
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 12.79% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-08-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xmlsoft | libxslt |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | libxslt 1.1.x - RC4 Encryption and Decryption functions Buffer Overflow | 2008-07-31 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31310
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31331
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31395
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32453
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html
- http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html
- http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467
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