What is CVE-2021-42860?

CVE-2021-42860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mini-Xml Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-42860?

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

Vulnerability in Mini-Xml Project

CVE-2021-42860

A stack buffer overflow exists in Mini-XML v3.2. When inputting an unformed XML string to the mxmlLoadString API, it will cause a stack-buffer-overflow in mxml_string_getc:2611. NOTE: it is unclear whether this input is allowed by the API specification

EPSS: 0.010 (59.0th 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

Mini-xml_project Mini-xml — versions 3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42860?: CVE-2021-42860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mini-Xml Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-42860?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.