UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42860
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860
Withdrawn
2025-06-23T15:54:06Z
Published
2022-05-26T12:15:00Z
Modified
2022-05-26T12:15:00Z
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

** DISPUTED ** 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.7-1
2.9-0ubuntu1
2.9-0ubuntu2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10-1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.12-2
3.*
3.1-1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.2-1
3.3-1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.1-1
3.3.1-1build1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"