vulnerability
F5 Networks: CVE-2019-15903: K05295469: Expat vulnerability CVE-2019-15903
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 4, 2019 | Feb 18, 2022 | Apr 1, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 4, 2019
Added
Feb 18, 2022
Modified
Apr 1, 2026
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.
Solution
f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
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