High severity · published Sep 4, 2019
CVE-2019-15903
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…
7.5
CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libexpat · Libexpat Project
before 2.2.8 · source: NVD
PY
Python · Python
2.7.0 before 2.7.17; 3.5.0 before 3.5.8; 3.6.0 before 3.6.10; 3.7.0 before 3.7.5 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15903
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15903
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00080.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00081.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00002.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00013.html
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