CVE-2013-4520
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (75)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1614Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen und Daten zu manipulieren.
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references (18)
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- https://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caaPatchcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.3732cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/238enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/239enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56072enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/99671enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849019enisa_euvd
- https://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caaenisa_euvd
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