# CVE-2019-19956: xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc-\>oldNs.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-12-24 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00032.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5a02583c7e683896d84878bd90641d8d9b0d0549
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200114-0002/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08

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