VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2935
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability12.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-08-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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."
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer