CVE-2021-31598

HIGH

ezxml 0.8.6 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in ezxml_decode

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/28/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0140

EPSS Percentile 69.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 9.0

ezxml_project/ezxml 0.8.6

Published Apr 24, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026