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Red Hat: CVE-2019-15903: CVE-2019-15903 expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input (Multiple Advisories)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 4, 2019 | Oct 30, 2019 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 4, 2019
Added
Oct 30, 2019
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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(s)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-expatredhat-upgrade-expat-debuginforedhat-upgrade-expat-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-expat-develredhat-upgrade-expat-staticredhat-upgrade-firefoxredhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginforedhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-thunderbirdredhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginforedhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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