CVE-2019-13118

Description

In numbers.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a type holding grouping characters of an xsl:number instruction was too narrow and an invalid character/length combination could be passed to xsltNumberFormatDecimal, leading to a read of uninitialized stack data.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.03% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/6ce8de69330783977dd14f6569419489875fb71b third party advisory patch
https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase-detail/5197371471822848 permissions required
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15069 permissions required
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210348 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210353 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210351 third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00020.html third party advisory mailing list
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210346 third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/35 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/37 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/36 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/24 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/23 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/22 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/26 third party advisory mailing list
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210356 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210357 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210358 third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/42 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/40 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/41 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/31 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/37 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/38 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0004/ third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/25 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/22 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/23 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/21 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/14 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/11 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/13 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/15 third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOYJKXPQCUNBMMQJWYXOR6QRUJZHEDRZ/ vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0003/ third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-13118?
CVE-2019-13118 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-13118?
To fix CVE-2019-13118, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-13118 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-13118 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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