01 Record
CVE-2013-4520
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-12-14 20:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2852b374586b2d0d235d48e6c67fe3df6c90e1c9067b3821365eb8fefd358bff
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20131105 Re: CVE Request: additional fix for CVE-2012-2825 libxslt crashhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/239
- gitorious.orghttps://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caa
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2013:1654https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2013:1656https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html
- secunia.com56072http://secunia.com/advisories/56072
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849019
- www.osvdb.org99671http://www.osvdb.org/99671
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20131105 CVE Request: additional fix for CVE-2012-2825 libxslt crashhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/238