CVE-2008-2935

N/A
Published: August 1, 2008 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibxslt

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rc4 (1) encryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction) and (2) decryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4DecryptFunction) functions in crypto.c in libexslt in libxslt 1.1.8 through 1.1.24 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XML file containing a long string as "an argument in the XSL input."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (27)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31230
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31310
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31331
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31363
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31395
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31399
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32453

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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