cve/2015/CVE-2015-7995.md

### [CVE-2015-7995](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7995)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon