VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-7424
This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the application or corrupt memory.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the libxslt library. The same memory field, psvi, is used for both stylesheet and input data, which can lead to type confusion during XML transformations. This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the application or corrupt memory. In some cases, it may lead to denial of service or unexpected behavior.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- xmlsoft/libxslt · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:12345
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11015
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7424Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379228Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/139
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Aug/0
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/30
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/35
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/37
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/11/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00024.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.