VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-42860
A stack buffer overflow exists in Mini-XML v3.2.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A stack buffer overflow exists in Mini-XML v3.2. When inputting an unformed XML string to the mxmlLoadString API, it will cause a stack-buffer-overflow in mxml_string_getc:2611. NOTE: it is unclear whether this input is allowed by the API specification
- 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
- 1.02% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- mini-xml project/mini-xml
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/286Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/286Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.