Type Confusion Vulnerability in libxslt 1.1.28 Allows Denial of Service

CVE-2015-7995 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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