CVE catalog
CVE-2019-5427
c3p0: CVE-2019-5427
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.88% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | c3p0 | sid | 0.9.1.2-11 | fixed |
| Debian | c3p0 | forky | 0.9.1.2-11 | fixed |
| Debian | c3p0 | trixie | 0.9.1.2-10.1 | fixed |
| Debian | c3p0 | bookworm | 0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.18.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 20.04 | 0.9.1.2-10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 20.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | c3p0 | tumbleweed | 0.9.5.5-2.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1build0.18.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 20.04 | 0.9.1.2-10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 20.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 22.04 | 0.9.1.2-10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 22.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | 24.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | c3p0 | source | sid | 0.9.1.2-10.1 | low | Not reported | [927936] |
| Debian | c3p0 | source | forky | 0.9.1.2-10.1 | low | Not reported | [927936] |
| Debian | c3p0 | source | trixie | 0.9.1.2-10.1 | low | Not reported | [927936] |
| Debian | c3p0 | source | bookworm | 0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [927936] |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-5293-2 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-7571-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Not reported | USN-5293-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | 20.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Not reported | USN-5293-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | c3p0 | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.9.5.5-2.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11961-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | pro | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5427 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | 18.04 | 0.9.1.2-9+deb8u1ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5427 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | 20.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5427 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | 22.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5427 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | c3p0 | deb | 24.04 | 0.9.1.2-10ubuntu1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5427 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libc3p0-java]Affected
Source package: [c3p0]
Details (2)
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1dsa · c3p0 · debian · bookworm; dsa · c3p0 · debian · 12
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1dsa · c3p0 · debian · bookworm; dsa · c3p0 · debian · 12
- [libc3p0-java-doc]Affected
Source package: [c3p0]
Details (2)
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1dsa · c3p0 · debian · bookworm; dsa · c3p0 · debian · 12
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1~deb12u1dsa · c3p0 · debian · bookworm; dsa · c3p0 · debian · 12
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [c3p0-javadoc]Unknown
Source package: [c3p0]
Details (1)
0.14.1-1.3· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
0.9.5.5-2.1Version impact unknown
dsa · c3p0 · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [c3p0]Fixed
Source package: [c3p0]
Details (1)
0.14.1-1.3· noarch · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
0.9.5.5-2.1dsa · c3p0 · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libc3p0-java]Fixed
Source package: [c3p0]
Details (2)
0.9.1.2-10.1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1dsa · c3p0 · debian · 13
0.9.1.2-10.1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1dsa · c3p0 · debian · 13
- [libc3p0-java-doc]Fixed
Source package: [c3p0]
Details (2)
0.9.1.2-10.1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1dsa · c3p0 · debian · 13
0.9.1.2-10.1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.9.1.2-10.1dsa · c3p0 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2022_0798-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5427]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5427]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5293-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5293-2]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7571-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11961-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5427]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-5427.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/wid-sec-w-2025-1905.json]
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