CVE-2019-20388
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 19
Modified
Published: 21 Jan 2020, 22:53
Last modified:17 Dec 2025, 21:50
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.61% LOW
1% probability +0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
21 Jan 2020, 22:53
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
17 Dec 2025, 21:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.61%• Percentile: 70%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
Affected Systems
- debian•debian_linux
9.0
- fedoraproject•fedora
30 | 31 | 32
- netapp•cloud_backup
na
- netapp•clustered_data_ontap
na
- netapp•h300e
na
- netapp•h300s_firmware
na
- netapp•h410s_firmware
na
- netapp•h500e
na
- netapp•h500s_firmware
na
- netapp•h700e
na
- netapp•h700s_firmware
na
- netapp•ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
na
- netapp•plug-in_for_symantec_netbackup
na
- netapp•smi-s_provider
na
- netapp•snapdrive
na
- netapp•steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage
na
- opensuse•leap
15.1
- oracle•communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment
1.10.0
- oracle•enterprise_manager_base_platform
13.4.0.0 | 13.5.0.0
- oracle•enterprise_manager_ops_center
12.4.0.0
- oracle•mysql_workbench
≤ 8.0.26
- oracle•peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
8.58
- oracle•real_user_experience_insight
13.3.1.0 | 13.4.1.0 | 13.5.1.0
- xmlsoft•libxml2
2.9.10
References (12)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
- 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
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/merge_requests/68
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html