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CVE-2021-26222 (GCVE-0-2021-26222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-08 20:13 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:19
VLAI
Summary
The ezxml_new function in ezXML 0.8.6 and earlier is vulnerable to OOB write when opening XML file after exhausting the memory pool.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/22/ x_refsource_MISC
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