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libhx — security advisory
Heap-based buffer overflow in the HX_split function in string.c in libHX before 3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that is inconsistent with the expected number of fields.
- Products
- libhx
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.5-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-2947
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Heap-based buffer overflow in the HX_split function in string.c in libHX before 3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that is inconsistent with the expected number of fields.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2947
libhx
Fixed versions: 3.5-2
libhx
Fixed versions: 3.5-2
libhx
Fixed versions: 3.5-2
Complete source record
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