CVE-2019-15903
Detail
Modified This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current 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.
Analysis
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.
Severity
CVSS
Version 3.x
CVSS
Version 2.0
CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
NIST
CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
NIST
Change History
46 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by MITRE 6/15/2021 7:15:07 PM
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https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-11 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/20/2020 6:15:32 PM
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [No Types Assigned]
CWE Remap 8/24/2020 1:37:01 PM
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CWE-611
CWE-125
CWE-776
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/28/2020 11:15:15 PM
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 4/15/2020 5:15:30 PM
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 1/21/2020 5:15:15 PM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 1/13/2020 8:15:15 AM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/13/2019 4:15:17 PM
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 [No Types Assigned]
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/27 [No Types Assigned]
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/30 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/13/2019 3:15:11 PM
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/23 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/12/2019 7:15:11 PM
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210794 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/11/2019 6:15:10 PM
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210795 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/11/2019 4:15:11 PM
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210793 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/11/2019 6:15:15 AM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/17 [No Types Assigned]
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/21 [No Types Assigned]
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/10/2019 4:15:15 PM
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 12/10/2019 3:15:17 PM
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785 [No Types Assigned]
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 [No Types Assigned]
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/26/2019 10:15:11 PM
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4202-1/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/24/2019 9:15:14 PM
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-08 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/18/2019 2:15:13 PM
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/18/2019 10:15:12 AM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/24 [No Types Assigned]
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4571 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/10/2019 7:15:10 AM
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/09/2019 2:15:11 PM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned]
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned]
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2019 8:15:10 PM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2019 4:15:11 PM
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3756 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/03/2019 11:15:10 AM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/03/2019 12:15:12 AM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00002.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/02/2019 12:15:12 AM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 11/01/2019 9:15:11 AM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/1 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/29/2019 3:15:18 PM
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3210 [No Types Assigned]
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3237 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/25/2019 3:15:13 PM
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4549 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/23/2019 8:15:11 PM
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4165-1/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/23/2019 4:15:13 PM
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154947/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-firefox-Updates.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/22/2019 3:15:10 PM
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/22/2019 4:15:13 AM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/29 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 10/02/2019 12:15:11 AM
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S26LGXXQ7YF2BP3RGOWELBFKM6BHF6UG/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/28/2019 2:15:11 PM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00080.html [No Types Assigned]
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00081.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/26/2019 4:15:14 AM
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190926-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/24/2019 11:15:11 PM
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A4TZKPJFTURRLXIGLB34WVKQ5HGY6JJA/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/23/2019 7:15:11 AM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/37 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/22/2019 11:15:13 AM
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Reference
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4530 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/20/2019 10:15:11 PM
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BDUTI5TVQWIGGQXPEVI4T2ENHFSBMIBP/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/18/2019 1:15:16 PM
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Reference
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4132-2/ [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/17/2019 3:15:10 PM
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Reference
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154503/Slackware-Security-Advisory-expat-Updates.html [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/17/2019 5:15:10 AM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/30 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/15/2019 3:15:10 PM
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Reference
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/342 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by MITRE 9/12/2019 5:15:10 PM
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4132-1/ [No Types Assigned]
Initial Analysis 9/05/2019 3:57:20 PM
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CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.8
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added
CVSS V3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added
CWE
CWE-611
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/c20b758c332d9a13afbbb276d30db1d183a85d43 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/c20b758c332d9a13afbbb276d30db1d183a85d43 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/317 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/317 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/318 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/318 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2019-15903 NVD
Published Date: 09/04/2019 NVD
Last Modified: 06/15/2021
Source: MITRE
