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CVE-2019-18197

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2019-10-18
Updated: 2024-11-21
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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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-416CWE-908

Metadata

Primary Vendor
XMLSOFT
Published
10/18/2019
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

xmlsoft : libxsltcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxdebian : debian_linux

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