CVE-2019-13117
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
In numbers.c in libxslt 1.1.33, an xsl:number with certain format strings could lead to a uninitialized read in xsltNumberFormatInsertNumbers. This could allow an attacker to discern whether a byte on the stack contains the characters A, a, I, i, or 0, or any other character.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 6.46%• Percentile: 93%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-908•Use of Uninitialized Resource
The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.
Affected Systems
- alpine•libxslt
< 1.1.33-r3 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.34-r0 | < 1.1.33-r3 | < 1.1.33-r3
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04 | 19.10
- debian•libxslt
< 1.1.32-2.1 | < 1.1.32-2.1 | < 1.1.32-2.1 | < 1.1.32-2.1
- debian•debian_linux
8.0
- fedoraproject•fedora
31
- opensuse•leap
15.1
- oracle•openjdk
8:update231
- xmlsoft•libxslt
1.1.33
References (15)
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/c5eb6cf3aba0af048596106ed839b4ae17ecbcb1
- https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase-detail/5631739747106816
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=14471
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOYJKXPQCUNBMMQJWYXOR6QRUJZHEDRZ/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0003/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13117
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-13117