ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-42260
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260
Upstream
Published
2021-10-11T20:15:07Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:31:47Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

TinyXML through 2.6.2 has an infinite loop in TiXmlParsingData::Stamp in tinyxmlparser.cpp via the TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0 case. It can be triggered by a crafted XML message and leads to a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.20 / tinyxml

Package

Name
tinyxml
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/tinyxml?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.2
Fixed
2.6.2-r2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260.json"

Alpine:v3.21 / tinyxml

Package

Name
tinyxml
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/tinyxml?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.2
Fixed
2.6.2-r2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260.json"

Alpine:v3.22 / tinyxml

Package

Name
tinyxml
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/tinyxml?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.2
Fixed
2.6.2-r2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / tinyxml

Package

Name
tinyxml
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/tinyxml?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.2
Fixed
2.6.2-r2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / tinyxml

Package

Name
tinyxml
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/tinyxml?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.2
Fixed
2.6.2-r2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42260.json"