CVE-2015-7995

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.27% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.18.9-1.4.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.18.9-1.4.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.18.9-1.4.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.18.9-1.4.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USLLM-inferred

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple iphone os≤ 9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x≤ 10.11.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos≤ 9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos≤ 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxslt≤ 1.1.28nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

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.
openSUSE-SU-2026:10356-1ruby4.0-rubygem-nokogiri-1.18.9-1.4 on GA media2026-03-13csaf · suse_csafDE
ruby4.0-rubygem-nokogiri-1.18.9-1.4 on GA media

also known as (3)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund suse_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-11-17modified 2026-06-17

references (68)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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