7.5

CVE-2025-7424: gnome libxslt Type Confusion

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:20556-1SUSE-SU-2025:20661-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7424
Published 10-07-2025Last modified 12-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-7424 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Type Confusion vulnerability in gnome libxslt. EPSS estimates a 1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.30%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DLA-4309-1DSA-5979-1MGASA-2025-0269OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11147-1RHBA-2025:12345RHSA-2026:11015

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the libxslt library. The same memory field, psvi, is used for both stylesheet and input data, which can lead to type confusion during XML transformations. This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the application or corrupt memory. In some cases, it may lead to denial of service or unexpected behavior.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.06 pp

From 1.24% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard39 products
  • openjdk-11-openj9< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-dbg< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-jdk< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-jvm< 0.59.0-r2
  • openjdk-11-openj9-doc< 0.59.0-r2
Redhat2 products
Suse2 products
  • libxslt&distro=SUSE Linux Micro 6.0< 1.1.38-6.1
  • libxslt&distro=SUSE Linux Micro 6.1< 1.1.38-slfo.1.1_4.1
Debian1 product
  • libxslt< 1.1.35-1+deb12u2 | < 1.1.35-1.2+deb13u1 | < 1.1.35-2
Gnome1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • libxslt&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.1.43-2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • libxslt< 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm5 | < 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm4 | < 1.1.29-5ubuntu0.3+esm3 | < 1.1.34-4ubuntu0.20.04.3+esm2 | < 1.1.34-4ubuntu0.22.04.5 | < 1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.3
Xmlsoft1 product

8 vendors · 48 products

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