CVE-2023-34194

high

Description

StringEqual in TiXmlDeclaration::Parse in tinyxmlparser.cpp in TinyXML through 2.6.2 has a reachable assertion (and application exit) via a crafted XML document with a '\0' located after whitespace.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.forescout.com/resources/sierra21-vulnerabilities

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HOMBSHRIW5Q34SQSXYURYAOYDZD2NQF6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QCR5PIOBGDIDS6SYRESTMDJSEDFSCOE/

https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/git/ci/master/tree/tinyxmlparser.cpp

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HOMBSHRIW5Q34SQSXYURYAOYDZD2NQF6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4QCR5PIOBGDIDS6SYRESTMDJSEDFSCOE/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00024.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-12-13

Updated: 2025-11-04

Named Vulnerability: Sierra:21

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