#VU117878 Type Confusion in libxslt - CVE-2025-11731

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#VU117878 Type Confusion in libxslt - CVE-2025-11731

Published: October 31, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117878
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11731
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libxslt
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the exsltFuncResultComp() function when handling EXSLT elements during stylesheet parsing. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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