{
    "id": "CVE-2008-2935",
    "published": "2008-08-01 14:41:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:54:46",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.12789",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96170",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "xmlsoft",
            "product": "libxslt"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32133",
            "title": "libxslt 1.1.x - RC4 Encryption and Decryption functions Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2008-07-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32133"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827"
    ]
}