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CVE-2019-18197
In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. If the relevant memory area…
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. If the relevant memory area happened to be freed and reused in a certain way, a bounds check could fail and memory outside a buffer could be written to, or uninitialized data could be disclosed.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-242x-7cm6-4w8j (opens in a new tab)
References (15)
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-4164-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191027 [SECURITY] [DLA 1973-1] libxslt security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191117 Nokogiri security update v1.10.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0189 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0514 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0731 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-242x-7cm6-4w8j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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