What is CVE-2008-1767?

CVE-2008-1767 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Desktop, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-05-23.

Is CVE-2008-1767 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Red Hat Desktop

CVE-2008-1767

Buffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT "transformation match" condition that triggers a large number of steps.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-05-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.128 (96.3th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.128 · newest: 0.128 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Desktop — versions 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 2.1, 3.0, 4.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 4, 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation — versions 5
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation — versions 2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1580/references (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29312 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0287.html (vendor-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30393 (third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30521 (third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/31363 (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-1767?: CVE-2008-1767 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Desktop, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-05-23.
Is CVE-2008-1767 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.