CVE-2019-18197

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18197
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-18197.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-18197
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-10-18T21:15:10.793Z
Modified
2026-05-13T12:02:23.320443Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. If the relevant memory area happened to be freed and reused in a certain way, a bounds check could fail and memory outside a buffer could be written to, or uninitialized data could be disclosed.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "19.04"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "19.10"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
f1eb717f04d9cc297cc5e58e94b81ac96f47e741
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.1.33"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.23
1.1.24
Other
CVE-2015-7995
LIBXSLT_0_0_0
LIBXSLT_0_10_0
LIBXSLT_0_11_0
LIBXSLT_0_12_0
LIBXSLT_0_13_0
LIBXSLT_0_14_0
LIBXSLT_0_1_0
LIBXSLT_0_3_0
LIBXSLT_0_4_0
LIBXSLT_0_6_0
LIBXSLT_0_7_0
LIBXSLT_0_8_0
LIBXSLT_0_9_0
LIBXSLT_1_0_0
LIBXSLT_1_0_10
LIBXSLT_1_0_11
LIBXSLT_1_0_12
LIBXSLT_1_0_13
LIBXSLT_1_0_14
LIBXSLT_1_0_16
LIBXSLT_1_0_17
LIBXSLT_1_0_18
LIBXSLT_1_0_19
LIBXSLT_1_0_2
LIBXSLT_1_0_20
LIBXSLT_1_0_21
LIBXSLT_1_0_22
LIBXSLT_1_0_23
LIBXSLT_1_0_24
LIBXSLT_1_0_25
LIBXSLT_1_0_26
LIBXSLT_1_0_27
LIBXSLT_1_0_28
LIBXSLT_1_0_29
LIBXSLT_1_0_3
LIBXSLT_1_0_30
LIBXSLT_1_0_31
LIBXSLT_1_0_32
LIBXSLT_1_0_33
LIBXSLT_1_0_4
LIBXSLT_1_0_5
LIBXSLT_1_0_6
LIBXSLT_1_0_7
LIBXSLT_1_0_8
LIBXSLT_1_0_9
LIBXSLT_1_1_0
LIBXSLT_1_1_1
LIBXSLT_1_1_10
LIBXSLT_1_1_11
LIBXSLT_1_1_12
LIBXSLT_1_1_13
LIBXSLT_1_1_14
LIBXSLT_1_1_15
LIBXSLT_1_1_16
LIBXSLT_1_1_17
LIBXSLT_1_1_18
LIBXSLT_1_1_2
LIBXSLT_1_1_21
LIBXSLT_1_1_22
LIBXSLT_1_1_3
LIBXSLT_1_1_4
LIBXSLT_1_1_5
LIBXSLT_1_1_6
LIBXSLT_1_1_7
LIBXSLT_1_1_8
LIBXSLT_1_1_9
LIXSLT_0_5_0
v1.*
v1.1.25
v1.1.26
v1.1.27
v1.1.27-rc1
v1.1.28
v1.1.29
v1.1.29-rc1
v1.1.29-rc2
v1.1.30
v1.1.30-rc1
v1.1.30-rc2
v1.1.31
v1.1.31-rc1
v1.1.31-rc2
v1.1.32
v1.1.32-rc1
v1.1.32-rc2
v1.1.33
v1.1.33-rc1
v1.1.33-rc2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-18197.json"

Git / gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxslt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxslt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.23
1.1.24
Other
CVE-2015-7995
LIBXSLT_0_0_0
LIBXSLT_0_10_0
LIBXSLT_0_11_0
LIBXSLT_0_12_0
LIBXSLT_0_13_0
LIBXSLT_0_14_0
LIBXSLT_0_1_0
LIBXSLT_0_3_0
LIBXSLT_0_4_0
LIBXSLT_0_6_0
LIBXSLT_0_7_0
LIBXSLT_0_8_0
LIBXSLT_0_9_0
LIBXSLT_1_0_0
LIBXSLT_1_0_10
LIBXSLT_1_0_11
LIBXSLT_1_0_12
LIBXSLT_1_0_13
LIBXSLT_1_0_14
LIBXSLT_1_0_16
LIBXSLT_1_0_17
LIBXSLT_1_0_18
LIBXSLT_1_0_19
LIBXSLT_1_0_2
LIBXSLT_1_0_20
LIBXSLT_1_0_21
LIBXSLT_1_0_22
LIBXSLT_1_0_23
LIBXSLT_1_0_24
LIBXSLT_1_0_25
LIBXSLT_1_0_26
LIBXSLT_1_0_27
LIBXSLT_1_0_28
LIBXSLT_1_0_29
LIBXSLT_1_0_3
LIBXSLT_1_0_30
LIBXSLT_1_0_31
LIBXSLT_1_0_32
LIBXSLT_1_0_33
LIBXSLT_1_0_4
LIBXSLT_1_0_5
LIBXSLT_1_0_6
LIBXSLT_1_0_7
LIBXSLT_1_0_8
LIBXSLT_1_0_9
LIBXSLT_1_1_0
LIBXSLT_1_1_1
LIBXSLT_1_1_10
LIBXSLT_1_1_11
LIBXSLT_1_1_12
LIBXSLT_1_1_13
LIBXSLT_1_1_14
LIBXSLT_1_1_15
LIBXSLT_1_1_16
LIBXSLT_1_1_17
LIBXSLT_1_1_18
LIBXSLT_1_1_2
LIBXSLT_1_1_21
LIBXSLT_1_1_22
LIBXSLT_1_1_3
LIBXSLT_1_1_4
LIBXSLT_1_1_5
LIBXSLT_1_1_6
LIBXSLT_1_1_7
LIBXSLT_1_1_8
LIBXSLT_1_1_9
LIXSLT_0_5_0
v1.*
v1.1.25
v1.1.26
v1.1.27
v1.1.27-rc1
v1.1.28
v1.1.29
v1.1.29-rc1
v1.1.29-rc2
v1.1.30
v1.1.30-rc1
v1.1.30-rc2
v1.1.31
v1.1.31-rc1
v1.1.31-rc2
v1.1.32
v1.1.32-rc1
v1.1.32-rc2
v1.1.33
v1.1.33-rc1
v1.1.33-rc2

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-05-13T12:02:23Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "target": {
            "file": "libxslt/transform.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2019-18197-15a64d51",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "266245419573562079238130491404901662962",
                "57902627410114842905830600954340140091",
                "279651622861576520925880697882883872608",
                "258310434323730145773797470629119220610"
            ]
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxslt@2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285",
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "target": {
            "file": "libxslt/transform.c",
            "function": "xsltCopyText"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2019-18197-582b9eb0",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "178302094766719713342549592140395825202",
            "length": 3308.0
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/libxslt@2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285",
        "deprecated": false
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-18197.json"