CVE-2021-31598

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-31598
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-04-24T17:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-03T16:04:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ezxml_project:ezxml:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/ezxml/bugs/28/ Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31598
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31598
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-08 06:19:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 02:45:44 2021-04-24T17:15Z 2021-04-24T17:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 02:45:44 2022-05-03T16:04:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 02:45:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated