Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ezxml package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.55% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EZXML-2380809
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Apr 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-31229  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ezxml.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_internal_dtd() performs incorrect memory handling while parsing crafted XML files, which leads to an out-of-bounds write of a one byte constant.

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