Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting libxslt package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXSLT-10674342
  • published10 Jul 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025
  • creditIvan Fratric

Introduced: 10 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-7424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libxslt.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') via xmlNode.psvi memory field that stores xsltStylePreComp pointer when processing xslt stylesheets. An attacker can cause memory corruption or application crashes by supplying specially crafted XSLT stylesheets.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1