CVE-2019-15903
Description
In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Fedora Project
oss-project·USaka fedora
and 7 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
4 exploit sources identified
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Collection
Impact
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15903
nvd.nist.gov
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15903
security-tracker.debian.org
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/317
github.com
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