CVE-2019-5815

Publication date 11 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxslt	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.1.29-5ubuntu0.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm2
chromium-browser	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxslt	Upstream: 08b62c2 Upstream: 08b62c2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H