Vulnerability identifier: #VU66693
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
libxslt
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
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 xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and crash the application.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
libxslt: 0.1.0 - 1.1.33
External links
http://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=930663
http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/08b62c25871b38d5d573515ca8a065b4b8f64f6b
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.