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CVE-2019-19956 (GCVE-0-2019-19956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-24 15:12 – Updated: 2025-12-03 18:29
VLAI
Summary
xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-03 18:29 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
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