CVE-2008-2935

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."

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

12.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2008-08-01

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32133

Security advisories

• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html
• http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry