XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting ezxml package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.69% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EZXML-2380810
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Apr 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-31598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-91  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ezxml.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. 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.

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CVSS Base Scores

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