Description
An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_internal_dtd(), while parsing a crafted XML file, performs incorrect memory handling, leading to a NULL pointer dereference while running strcmp() on a NULL pointer.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/25/
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0121
EPSS Percentile
64.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
ezxml_project/ezxml
0.8.6
Published
Apr 11, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026