4.3

CVE-2013-4520: xmlsoft libxslt

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 14-12-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4520 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in xmlsoft libxslt. EPSS estimates a 2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Timeline

  1. 14-12-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2825.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.29% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitorious.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.novell.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Xmlsoft1 product
  • libxslt≤ 1.1.24 | 0.0.1 | 0.1.0 | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.6.0 | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.9.0 | 0.10.0 | 0.11.0 | 0.12.0 | 0.13.0 | 0.14.0 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.0.10 | 1.0.11 | 1.0.12 | 1.0.13 | 1.0.14 | 1.0.15 | 1.0.16 | 1.0.17 | 1.0.18 | 1.0.19 | 1.0.20 | 1.0.21 | 1.0.22 | 1.0.23 | 1.0.24 | 1.0.25 | 1.0.26 | 1.0.27 | 1.0.28 | 1.0.29 | 1.0.30 | 1.0.31 | 1.0.32 | 1.0.33 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.1.20 | 1.1.21 | 1.1.22 | 1.1.23

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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