CVE-2019-18197

CVSS V2 Medium 5.1 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-18197
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-10-18T21:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.1
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.6
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00037.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18197
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18197
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:36:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 04:46:45 2019-10-18T21:15Z 2019-10-18T21:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 04:46:45 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 04:46:45 Modified Vulnerability Status updated