CVE-2019-19956
libxml2 - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.
How to fix CVE-2019-19956
To remediate CVE-2019-19956, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxml2—upgrade to 2.9.9-r3 or later
- Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.9.10+dfsg-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u8 or later
Is CVE-2019-19956 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.9.9-r3
- from 0, < 2.9.10+dfsg-2
- from 0, < 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |