CVE-2021-31598

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 24, 2021 at 04:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxEzxml

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.html
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/28/

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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