Double free in XML-Parser - CVE-2006-10002
Published: March 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU124222
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-10002
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the parse_stream() function in Expat.xs. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a double free error and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
XML-Parser
How to mitigate CVE-2006-10002
Install updates from vendor's website.
XML-Parser - update to 2.46