xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.
CVE-2019-19956
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 51(Track)EG Risk 51/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation6% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 6%
- EPSS %ILE
- 92%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 24, 2019
Last Modified
December 3, 2025
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html
- cve@mitrehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5a02583c7e683896d84878bd90641d8d9b0d0549
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00032.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200114-0002/
- cve@mitrehttps://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-08
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-292794.pdf
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-19956(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:0949Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Do openshift/odo-init-image 1.1.3 security update
- RHSA-2020:2646Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP3 security update
- RHSA-2020:2644Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP3 security update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-libxml2 (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.3) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | openshiftdo/odo-init-image-rhel7:1.1.3-2 | 2021-03-22 | redhat |
| redhat | libxml2-0:2.9.7-8.el8 | 2020-11-04 | redhat |
| redhat | libxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7.5 | 2020-09-29 | redhat |
| redhat | libxml2 | 2020-06-22 | redhat |
| redhat | jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11-0:0.4.10-7.jbcs.el7 | 2020-06-22 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(9 across 9 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | 2.7.2-r0 ... 2.9.9-r2 (48 versions) | 2.9.9-r3 | — |
Alpine:v3.8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | 2.7.2-r0 ... 2.9.8-r1 (44 versions) | 2.9.8-r2 | — |
Alpine:v3.9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | 2.7.2-r0 ... 2.9.9-r1 (47 versions) | 2.9.9-r2 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | — | 2.9.10+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | — | 2.9.10+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | — | 2.9.10+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | — | 2.9.10+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5 ... 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7 (8 versions) | 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u8 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2, 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u1, 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2 | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u3 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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