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CVE-2008-1767

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
23/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:ws:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:ws:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:ws:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_workstation:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*

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