CVE-2006-10002

high

Description

XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes. A :utf8 PerlIO layer, parse_stream() in Expat.xs could overflow the XML input buffer because Perl's read() returns decoded characters while SvPV() gives back multi-byte UTF-8 bytes that can exceed the pre-allocated buffer size. This can cause heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes.

References

https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19859

https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/XML-Parser-2.46/changes

https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/issues/64

https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/56b0509dfc6b559cd7555ea81ee62e3622069255.patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/22/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/19/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-19

Updated: 2026-03-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017