CVE-2019-5427

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: April 22, 2019 at 08:52 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC

11 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise Manager Base PlatformRetail Xstore Point of Service

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 5%

Description

c3p0 version < 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a billion laughs attack when loading XML configuration due to missing protections against recursive entity expansion when loading configuration.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fedora · Fedora Projectrpm

95%

29 30

C3P0 · Mchange

95%

v < 0.9.5.4

Affected range stops below 0.9.5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Communications IP Service Activator · Oracle

95%

7.3.0 7.4.0

Communications Session Route Manager · Oracledrupal

95%

8.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.2.2

Documaker · Oraclenpm

95%

12.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.6.6

Enterprise Manager Base Platform · Oracle

95%

13.2.1.0

Enterprise Manager Ops Center · Oracledrupal

95%

12.4.0.0

Flexcube Private Banking · Oracle

95%

12.0.0 12.1.0

Hyperion Infrastructure Technology · Oracle

95%

11.1.2.4

Retail Xstore Point of Service · Oracle

95%

15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://hackerone.com/reports/509315

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFIVX6HOVNLAM7W3SUAMHYRNLCVQSAWR/

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQ47OFV57Y2DAHMGA5H3JOL4WHRWRFN4/