Use-after-free in libxslt - CVE-2025-10911
Published: October 17, 2025 / Updated: April 14, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117356
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-10911
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
libxslt
libxslt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when parsing xsl nodes. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML file to the application and crash it.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-10911
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.