(RHSA-2025:4098) Important: libxslt security update

Vulnerability Details

Basic Information

Title (RHSA-2025:4098) Important: libxslt security update
Type redhat
Published 2025-04-22T15:04:18
Last Seen 2025-04-22T17:11:54
CVSS Score 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSS v3 Details

Attack Vector LOCAL
Attack Complexity HIGH
Privileges Required NONE
User Interaction NONE
Scope CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact NONE
Integrity Impact HIGH
Availability Impact HIGH

CVE Information

CVE IDs CVE-2024-55549, CVE-2025-24855
CWE CWE-416
Bulletin Family unix

Description

libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats (including HTML, plain text, and other XML representations of the underlying data) using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation mechanism.

Security Fix(es):

* libxslt: Use-After-Free in libxslt numbers.c (CVE-2025-24855)

* libxslt: Use-After-Free in libxslt (xsltGetInheritedNsList) (CVE-2024-55549)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Impact Assessment

Base Score 7.8
Severity HIGH

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