High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-20394
CVE-2019-20394
Description
A double-free is present in libyang before v1.0-r3 in the function yyparse() when a type statement in used in a notification statement. Applications that use libyang to parse untrusted input yang files may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would cause a crash or potentially code execution.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:cesnet:libyang:0.11:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <v1.0-r3
- libyang/libyangdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/CESNET/libyang/commit/6cc51b1757dfbb7cff92de074ada65e8523289a6nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/CESNET/libyang/issues/769nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/CESNET/libyang/compare/v1.0-r2...v1.0-r3nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00019.htmlnvd
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