vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2019-18197
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 18, 2019 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 18, 2019
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. If the relevant memory area happened to be freed and reused in a certain way, a bounds check could fail and memory outside a buffer could be written to, or uninitialized data could be disclosed.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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