CVE-2019-15903

CVE Details

Release Date:

2019-09-04

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.

See more information about CVE-2019-15903 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (expat)	ELSA-2020-3952	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2019-3210	2019-10-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (expat)	ELSA-2020-4484	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2019-3237	2019-10-30

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