Reachable assertion in tinyxml2 - CVE-2024-50614

 

Reachable assertion in tinyxml2 - CVE-2024-50614

Published: August 26, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114425
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50614
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: www.grinninglizard.com
Affected software:
tinyxml2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef() function in tinyxml2.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-50614

Install updates from vendor's website.

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