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CVE-2015-9019 (GCVE-0-2015-9019)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-05 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:56
VLAI
Summary
In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage of this function to produce predictable outputs.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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