Reachable Assertion Affecting tinyxml package, versions <2.6.2-6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TINYXML-6126940
  • published15 Dec 2023
  • disclosed13 Dec 2023

Introduced: 13 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-34194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tinyxml to version 2.6.2-6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tinyxml package and not the tinyxml package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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