THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-2935
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2935

Libxslt vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
12.8%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rc4 (1) encryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction) and (2) decryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4DecryptFunction) functions in crypto.c in libexslt in libxslt 1.1.8 through 1.1.24 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XML file containing a long string as "an argument in the XSL input."
Affected vendor
Xmlsoft
Affected product
Libxslt
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-08-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2935

  • Confirm whether Xmlsoft Libxslt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2935.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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