CVE-2021-31598

high

Description

An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode() performs incorrect memory handling while parsing crafted XML files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/28/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-24

Updated: 2022-05-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High