CVE-2025-24855

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-03-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EPSS
24.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 14, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-24855(7)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(20)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuxsltproc (1.1.34-4ubuntu0.20.04.3) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntuxsltproc (1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm3) @ xenial2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatrhcos-412.86.202505281830-02025-06-05redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202505141057-02025-05-21redhat
redhatrhcos-416.94.202505051351-02025-05-15redhat
redhatrhcos-413.92.202505061702-02025-05-15redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.39-7.el10_02025-05-13redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202504291434-02025-05-09redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202504291430-02025-05-09redhat
redhatrhcos-415.92.202504282058-02025-05-08redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.28-9.el7_92025-04-23redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-8.el8_82025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-8.el8_62025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-11.el9_02025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-8.el8_42025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-6.1.el8_102025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-6.el8_22025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-10.el9_22025-04-02redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-10.el9_42025-03-31redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-9.el9_5.12025-03-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-24855?
CVE-2025-24855 is a high vulnerability published on March 14, 2025. numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.
When was CVE-2025-24855 disclosed?
CVE-2025-24855 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 14, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-24855 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-24855 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 24.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-24855?
CVE-2025-24855 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-24855?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-24855, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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