CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-42260

7.5 HIGH Published 2021-10-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-10-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

TinyXML through 2.6.2 has an infinite loop in TiXmlParsingData::Stamp in tinyxmlparser.cpp via the TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0 case. It can be triggered by a crafted XML message and leads to a denial of service.

Affected configurations

• tinyxml project tinyxml (>= 2.3.2 <= 2.6.2) • tinyxml project tinyxml 2.3.0 • tinyxml project tinyxml 2.3.1 • debian debian linux 9.0 • debian debian linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References