CVE-2013-4520
Apache libxslt XPath Type Confusion Denial of Service
Description
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2825.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 14, 2013, 8:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:55 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/238 Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/239 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/56072 Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/99671 Added Reference https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849019 Added Reference https://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caa Added Reference https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html Added Reference https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 16, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-4520 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-4520
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.24 }} 0.02%
score
0.63317
percentile