7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-18197
LibXslt XSLT Pointer Corruption Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 18, 2019, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-18197 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-18197 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Xmlsoft libxslt
1 Nokogiri nokogiri

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Born at : Oct. 31, 2020, 12:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-18197 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-18197 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-416 CWE-908 CWE-416
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00037.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00037.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-18197 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-18197 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.27 }} 0.48%

score

0.85990

percentile

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