Out-of-bounds read in tinyxml2 - CVE-2018-11210
Published: May 16, 2018 / Updated: December 8, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37130
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11210
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: www.grinninglizard.com
Affected software:
tinyxml2
tinyxml2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the XMLDocument::Parse function in libtinyxml2.so. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11210
Install update from vendor's website.