CVE-2015-7995 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in applications using libxslt by providing a crafted XML file that triggers a type confusion error.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-7995?

CVE-2015-7995 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 17 Nov 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7995?

It affects 5 products.

Linux distribution packages (1)
libxslt openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions1.1.29-1.3

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Tvos, Apple Watchos, Xmlsoft Libxslt.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7995?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-7995 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7995 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7995, GHSA-57m4-4wjx-3w7c, MGASA-2015-0432, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7995, openSUSE-SU-2024:10185-1.

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