FKIE_CVE-2015-7995
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-11-17 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:33
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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