Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-18197

Title: Xmlsoft Libxslt Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-18197.

CWE Category CWE-416
Published Date Oct 18, 2019
Modified Date May 28, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.48%

Vulnerability Summary

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 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.

Impacted Vendors

X
xmlsoft 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00037.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00037.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-18197 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.