CVE-2019-5815
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (18)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1614Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen und Daten zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-vmfx-gcfq-wvm2Nokogiri implementation of libxslt vulnerable to heap corruption2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Type confusion in `xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel` prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data. Nokogiri prior to version 1.10.5 contains a vulnerable version of libxslt. Nokogiri version 1.10.5 upgrades the dependency to libxslt 1.1.34, which contains a patch for this issue.
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references (25)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1021cnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=930663cnnvd
- https://github.com/GNOME/libxsltPatchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/08b62c25871b38d5d573515ca8a065b4b8f64f6bcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00010.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5815cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152760/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2019-1021-01.htmlcnnvd
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