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    CVE-2019-13117

    In 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.

    Published:Jun 30, 2019
    Last Modified:May 28, 2026
    EPS:Jul 1, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.04376
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Openjdk
    Vendor
    Xmlsoft
    Product
    Libxslt

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2
    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=14471
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/c5eb6cf3aba0af048596106ed839b4ae17ecbcb1
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00020.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOYJKXPQCUNBMMQJWYXOR6QRUJZHEDRZ/
    https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase-detail/5631739747106816
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0004/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0003/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00062.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/17/2
    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=14471
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/c5eb6cf3aba0af048596106ed839b4ae17ecbcb1
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00020.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOYJKXPQCUNBMMQJWYXOR6QRUJZHEDRZ/
    https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase-detail/5631739747106816
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0004/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0003/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4164-1/
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html

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