CVE-2019-5815
Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.82% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-843
- Affected
- xmlsoft/libxslt · debian/debian linux
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=930663
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/08b62c25871b38d5d573515ca8a065b4b8f64f6b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00010.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=930663
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/08b62c25871b38d5d573515ca8a065b4b8f64f6b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00010.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.