xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2048-1 libxml2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2369-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-9544 xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4274-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-03T18:29:29.480Z

Reserved: 2019-12-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19956

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:32:10.073Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-24T16:15:11.450

Modified: 2025-12-03T19:15:50.247

Link: CVE-2019-19956

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-19956 - Bugzilla

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