Security advisory

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  "id": "a763ceb0334bc0ed751c9bd21071a0b38827f7bf83aec4a18b9c0a64f0894857",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42860",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-42860",
    "summary": "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",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-42860",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-42860",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-42860"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "38b044ed8ca2a611ed9ed3e26c4b46416335194e"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "38b044ed8ca2a611ed9ed3e26c4b46416335194e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mini-xml_project:mini-xml:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.2",
            "v3.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-42860.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:01.223943548Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/286"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-42860",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386698,
  "published_at": "2022-05-26T12:15:07.693+00:00"
}