High severity · published Dec 11, 2019
CVE-2019-5815
Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data
7.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.
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)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libxslt · Xmlsoft
before 1.1.33 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5815
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5815
bugs.chromium.org
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=930663
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/08b62c25871b38d5d573515ca8a065b4b8f64f6b
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00010.html
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