{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7995","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:51:04.126630Z","published":"2015-11-17T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3271-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-7995"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7995"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3271-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7995"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxslt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxslt@1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.1.28-2","1.1.28-2build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxslt1-dev","binary_version":"1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libxslt1.1","binary_version":"1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"python-libxslt1","binary_version":"1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"xsltproc","binary_version":"1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7995.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}