CVE-2008-1767

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 23 May 2008, 14:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 08:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
44/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
20.79% HIGH
21% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2008, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 08:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 20.79%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • redhat•desktop

    3

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    2.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    4 | 5

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop_workstation

    5

  • redhat•linux_advanced_workstation

    2.1

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