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ALPINE-CVE-2019-15903

ALPINE-CVE-2019-15903 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20expat0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.19expat2.0.1-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.13expat2.2.0-r1, 2.2.0-r0, 2.1.0-r2
Alpine:v3.9expat2.2.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.21expat2.1.0-r1, 2.0.1-r3, 2.0.1-r4
Alpine:v3.15expat2.2.5-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17expat0, 2.1.0-r1, 2.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.8expat2.1.0-r2, 2.1.0-r1, 2.1.0-r0
Alpine:v3.16expat2.1.0-r2, 2.1.1-r0, 2.2.0-r0
Alpine:v3.11expat2.2.5-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.10expat2.1.0-r0, 2.2.3-r1, 2.2.3-r0
Alpine:v3.24expat0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.18expat2.2.0-r1, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.12expat0, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.22expat0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.11python22.7.3-r3, 2.7.3-r4, 2.7.3-r5
Alpine:v3.12python22.7.11-r0, 2.7.11-r1, 2.7.11-r3
Alpine:v3.10python22.6.5-r5, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.23expat2.2.6-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.14expat2.2.3-r0, 2.1.0-r1, 2.1.0-r0

…and 2 more

Timeline

  • Sep 4, 2019 CVE Published
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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