Unchecked Input for Loop Condition Affecting GNOME/libxslt package, versions [,1.1.36)
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- published4 Sept 2025
- disclosed2 Sept 2025
- creditNikita Sveshnikov
Introduced: 2 Sep 2025
NewCVE-2025-9714 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade GNOME/libxslt to version 1.1.36 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unchecked Input for Loop Condition via the exsltDynMapFunction function in libexslt/dynamic.c when handling specially crafted XSLT documents that trigger uncontrolled recursion. An attacker can cause stack exhaustion and disrupt service availability by submitting malicious input that exploits the lack of recursion depth checks.
Workaround
The impact of this vulnerability can be reduced by setting strict resource limits to the stack size of processes at the operational system level, using the ulimit shell built-in or the limits.conf file.