CVE-2019-13117

Summary

CVECVE-2019-13117
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-01 02:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-28 19:16:29 UTC
DescriptionIn numbers.c in libxslt 1.1.33, an xsl:number with certain format strings could lead to a uninitialized read in xsltNumberFormatInsertNumbers. This could allow an attacker to discern whether a byte on the stack contains the characters A, a, I, i, or 0, or any other character.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.043760000 probability, percentile 0.891410000 (date 2026-06-01)

Problem Types: CWE-908 | n/a | CWE-908 CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1ADPDECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Openjdk 8 update231 All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.33 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
July 2019 Libxslt Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
14471 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.chromium.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4164-1: Libxslt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e69... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Log in af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oss-fuzz.com Permissions Required
January 2020 Java Platform Standard Edition Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Fix uninitialized read of xsl:number token (c5eb6cf3) · Commits · GNOME / libxslt · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1860-1] libxslt security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
oss-security - Nokogiri security update v1.10.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0731-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libxslt-1.1.33-4.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: libxslt-1.1.33-4.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296080 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 13.4.0 Missing (CPUJUL2019)
  • 372444 Tableau Server and Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (Important-ADV-2020-009)
  • 375811 Azul Java Multiple Vulnerabilities Security Update January 2020
  • 375980 Amazon Corretto Critical Patch Update (JAN2020)
  • 500354 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxslt
  • 504118 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxslt
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