CVE-2019-19956

7.5 HIGH
Published: December 24, 2019 Modified: December 03, 2025
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Description

xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5a02583c7e683896d84878bd90641d8d9b0d0549
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00032.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200114-0002/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5a02583c7e683896d84878bd90641d8d9b0d0549
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00032.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200114-0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
37th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401 CWE-772

Affected Vendors

xmlsoft canonical fedoraproject netapp oracle debian siemens

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