Description
A flaw was found in libxslt where the attribute type, atype, flags are modified in a way that corrupts internal memory management. When XSLT functions, such as the key() process, result in tree fragments, this corruption prevents the proper cleanup of ID attributes. As a result, the system may access freed memory, causing crashes or enabling attackers to trigger heap corruption.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- GNOME / libxml20 – 2.15.2
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:12345
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12447
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12450
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13267
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13308
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13309
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13310
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13311
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13312
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13313
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13314
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13335
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13464
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13622
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14059
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14396
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14818
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14819
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14853
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14858
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15308
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15672
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15828
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18219
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21913
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0934
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11503
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7425
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379274
- MISChttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/140