VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-31598
The function ezxml_decode() performs incorrect memory handling while parsing crafted XML files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- ezxml project/ezxml · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/28/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/28/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.