CVE-2019-18197

Publication date 18 October 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxslt 19.10 eoan
Fixed 1.1.33-0ubuntu1.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 1.1.32-2ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.1.29-5ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxslt

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H