CVE-2008-1767

EPSS 20.8%

libxslt - arbitrary code execution

Published: 5/23/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

Buffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT "transformation match" condition that triggers a large number of steps.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/libxsltfrom 0, < 1.1.24-1
Debian/libxsltfrom 0, < 1.1.19-2

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1767