Application crash via cross-RVT key-data use-after-free
Published Sep 25, 2025 · Updated Aug 25, 2026
Use-after-free in XMLSoft libxslt 1.1.43 and earlier allows local users to crash an application via a crafted XSL stylesheet. Key data retained across result-tree-fragment lifetimes can outlive its owning tree, leaving XSL-node parsing to dereference an expired pointer. A user must cause an application linked to libxslt to process the stylesheet; the supported consequence is an application crash.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in XMLSoft libxslt 1.1.43 and earlier allows local users to crash an application via a crafted XSL stylesheet. Key data retained across result-tree-fragment lifetimes can outlive its owning tree, leaving XSL-node parsing to dereference an expired pointer. A user must cause an application linked to libxslt to process the stylesheet; the supported consequence is an application crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-10911
- Published
- Sep 25, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Vendor
- XMLSoft
- Product
- libxslt
- Classifications
- CWE-825
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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