CVE-2019-15903
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 4, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 4, 2019
Description
In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- USN-4132-1vendor-advisory
- 20190917 [slackware-security] expat (SSA:2019-259-01)mailing-list
- USN-4132-2vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-613edfe68bvendor-advisory
- DSA-4530vendor-advisory
- 20190923 [SECURITY] [DSA 4530-1] expat security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2019-9505c6b555vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2205vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2204vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-672ae0f060vendor-advisory
- 20191021 [slackware-security] python (SSA:2019-293-01)mailing-list
- USN-4165-1vendor-advisory
- DSA-4549vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3210vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3237vendor-advisory
- 20191101 [SECURITY] [DSA 4549-1] firefox-esr security updatemailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2420vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2424vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2425vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3756vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2447vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2451vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2452vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2459vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2464vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191110 [SECURITY] [DLA 1987-1] firefox-esr security updatemailing-list
- 20191118 [SECURITY] [DSA 4571-1] thunderbird security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4571vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191118 [SECURITY] [DLA 1997-1] thunderbird security updatemailing-list
- GLSA-201911-08vendor-advisory
- USN-4202-1vendor-advisory
- 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-8 watchOS 6.1.1mailing-list
- 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-5 tvOS 13.3mailing-list
- 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierramailing-list
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-1 iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3mailing-list
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierramailing-list
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-8 watchOS 6.1.1mailing-list
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-5 tvOS 13.3mailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0010vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0086vendor-advisory
- USN-4335-1vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/317
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/318
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/c20b758c332d9a13afbbb276d30db1d183a85d43
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/342
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154503/Slackware-Security-Advisory-expat-Updates.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190926-0004/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154947/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-firefox-Updates.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210793
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210795
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210794
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-11
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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