CVE-2025-24855 Affecting libxslt-devel package, versions <0:1.1.34-9.el9_5.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-LIBXSLTDEVEL-9514082
  • published26 Mar 2025
  • disclosed24 Mar 2025

Introduced: 24 Mar 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 libxslt-devel to version 0:1.1.34-9.el9_5.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:3107.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxslt-devel package and not the libxslt-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1