CVE-2013-4520
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-4520 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-12-14 20:55:03 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2825. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 0.014320000 probability, percentile 0.807550000 (date 2026-04-30)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.13.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.14.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 0.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.25 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.26 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.27 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.28 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.29 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.30 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.31 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.32 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.33 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | 1.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xmlsoft | Libxslt | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Denied | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.novell.com | Exploit, Patch |
| SUSE-SU-2013:1656-1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.suse.com | |
| oss-sec: CVE Request: additional fix for CVE-2012-2825 libxslt crash | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Patch |
| Crash compiling stylesheet with DTD - Gitorious | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | gitorious.org | Exploit, Patch |
| www.osvdb.org/99671 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.osvdb.org | |
| oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: additional fix for CVE-2012-2825 libxslt crash | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Patch |
| Security Advisory SA56072 - SUSE update for libxslt - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SUSE-SU-2013:1654-1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.suse.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.