CVE-2025-24855 Affecting libxslt package, versions <1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-LIBXSLT-9406862
  • published21 Mar 2025
  • disclosed14 Mar 2025

Introduced: 14 Mar 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 libxslt to version 1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxslt package and not the libxslt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 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

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