Use After Free Affecting libxslt package, versions <0:1.1.28-9.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBXSLT-9667733
  • published7 Apr 2025
  • disclosed14 Mar 2025

Introduced: 14 Mar 2025

CVE-2024-55549  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libxslt to version 0:1.1.28-9.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:4098.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxslt package and not the libxslt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

xsltGetInheritedNsList in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free issue related to exclusion of result prefixes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1