CVE-2025-24855
Published: March 14, 2025Last modified: August 7, 2025
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 score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | HIGH |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | CHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libxslt | Fixed (1.1.37-r2) |
| Stream | libxslt | Fixed (1.1.43-r0) | |
| Liberica JDK | 8 | jdk-full | Fixed (8u462+11) |
| jre-full | Fixed (8u462+11) | ||
| 11 | jdk-full | Fixed (11.0.28+12) | |
| jre-full | Fixed (11.0.28+12) | ||
| 17 | jdk-full | Fixed (17.0.16+12) | |
| jre-full | Fixed (17.0.16+12) | ||
| 21 | jdk-full | Fixed (21.0.8+12) | |
| jre-full | Fixed (21.0.8+12) | ||
| 24 | jdk-full | Fixed (24.0.2+12) | |
| jre-full | Fixed (24.0.2+12) |