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tuxguitar — security advisory
An issue was discovered in io/gpx/GPXDocumentReader.java in TuxGuitar 1.5.4. It uses misconfigured XML parsers, leading to XXE while loading GP6 (.gpx) and GP7 (.gp) tablature files.
- Products
- tuxguitar
- Affected versions
- 1.5.6+dfsg1-6, 1.5.6+dfsg1-7, 1.5.6+dfsg1-8, 1.6.4+dfsg1-1, 1.6.6+dfsg1-1, 1.6.6+dfsg1-2, 1.6.6+dfsg1-3, 2.0.0+dfsg1-1, 2.0.0+dfsg1-2, 2.0.0+dfsg1-3
- Fixed versions
- 1.5.6+dfsg1-7
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-14940
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in io/gpx/GPXDocumentReader.java in TuxGuitar 1.5.4. It uses misconfigured XML parsers, leading to XXE while loading GP6 (.gpx) and GP7 (.gp) tablature files.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14940
tuxguitar
Fixed versions: Not specified
tuxguitar
Fixed versions: 1.5.6+dfsg1-7
tuxguitar
Fixed versions: 1.5.6+dfsg1-7
Complete source record
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