xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.
CVE-2019-20388
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) 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)
- EPSS
- 90.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 21, 2020
Last Modified
December 17, 2025
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/merge_requests/68
- 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/545SPOI3ZPPNPX4TFRIVE4JVRTJRKULL/
- 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.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-04
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0005/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/merge_requests/68
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-20388(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-libxml2 (2.9.10+dfsg-6.3ubuntu0.1) @ hirsute | 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.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
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.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2019-203882020-08-18
xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2644MODERATE2020-01-21
RHSA-2020:2644 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2646MODERATE2020-01-21
RHSA-2020:2646 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3996MODERATE2020-01-21
RHSA-2020:3996 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:4479MODERATE2020-01-21
RHSA-2020:4479 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4991-1LOW
libxml2 vulnerabilities
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