What is CVE-2021-31598?

CVE-2021-31598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ezxml Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-31598?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ezxml Project

CVE-2021-31598

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ezxml_project Ezxml — versions 0.8.6
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-31598?: CVE-2021-31598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ezxml Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-31598?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.