Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-19333
CVE-2019-19333
Description
In all versions of libyang before 1.0-r5, a stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the way libyang parses YANG files with a leaf of type "bits". An application that uses libyang to parse untrusted YANG files may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly gain code execution.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.11:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.11:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.11:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.12:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.12:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.13:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.13:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.14:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.15:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.16:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.16:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.16:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:1.0:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:1.0:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:1.0:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:1.0:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Red Hat/libyangv5Range: libyang all versions before 1.0-r5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/CESNET/libyang/commit/f6d684ade99dd37b21babaa8a856f64faa1e2e0dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4360nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PETB6TVMFV5KUD4IKVP2JPLBCYHUGSAJ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RL54JMS7XW7PI6JC4BFSNNLSX5AINQUL/nvd
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