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CVE-2015-7995 (GCVE-0-2015-7995)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-17 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI
Summary
The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2015-08-28 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-27T08:44:56+00:00",
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      "id": "CVE-2015-7995",
      "initial_release_date": "2015-08-26T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "15",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "libxslt: Type confusion may cause DoS",
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      "version": "3"
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      "aggregate_severity": "low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-13T00:23:09Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-7995",
      "id": "CVE-2015-7995",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:12:57Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "458",
      "product_status:recommended": "334",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2015-7995",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2015-7995.json",
      "version": "42"
    }
  }
}



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