Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:U

XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in stserialstack

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Source: Microsoft
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Double Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes.

A :utf8 PerlIO layer, parsestream() in Expat.xs could overflow the XML input buffer because Perl's read() returns decoded characters while SvPV() gives back multi-byte UTF-8 bytes that can exceed the pre-allocated buffer size. This can cause heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes.

Remedy

Apply the patch that has been publicly available since 2006-06-13 or upgrade to version 2.46 or later.
First published (updated )

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