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CVE-2019-18197GHSA-242X-7CM6-4W8J

In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.10.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

  • nokogiriRubyGems

    fixed in 1.10.5

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