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.
Published: 2019-10-18
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 4.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1973-1 libxslt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1901 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-242x-7cm6-4w8j Nokogiri affected by libxslt Use of Uninitialized Resource/Use After Free vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4164-1 Libxslt vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01478}

epss

{'score': 0.01367}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras
Xmlsoft Libxslt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:47:13.523Z

Reserved: 2019-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-18197

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-18T21:15:10.793

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:32:48.610

Link: CVE-2019-18197

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-10-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-18197 - Bugzilla

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