CVE-2025-24855
Public on 2025-03-14
Modified on 2025-03-17
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.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libxslt | 2025-04-17 | ALAS-2025-1968 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libxslt | 2025-04-16 | ALAS2-2025-2823 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | libxslt | 2025-04-01 | ALAS2023-2025-909 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |