Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7995
CVE-2015-7995
Description
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.
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Affected products
22- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libxslt&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/ruby3.2-rubygem-nokogiri&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/rubygem-nokogiri&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libxslt-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 1.1.29-1.3+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.29-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.9-1.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.8.1-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.24-19.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.24-19.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.24-19.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.24-19.33.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
22- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/HT206168nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00123.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/28/4nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77325nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623nvd
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/nvd
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplaynvd
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplaynvd
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7995nvd
- support.apple.com/HT205729nvd
- support.apple.com/HT205731nvd
- support.apple.com/HT205732nvd
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