# CVE-2015-9019: In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-05 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage of this function to produce predictable outputs.

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=934119
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758400

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