Critical
tinyxml2 — security advisory
TinyXML2 6.2.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the XMLDocument::Parse function in libtinyxml2.so. NOTE: The tinyxml2 developers have determined that the reported overflow is due to improper use of the library and not a vulnerability in tinyxml2
- Products
- tinyxml2
- Affected versions
- 10.0.0+dfsg-2, 10.1.0+dfsg-1, 11.0.0+dfsg-1, 9.0.0+dfsg-3.1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11210
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
TinyXML2 6.2.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the XMLDocument::Parse function in libtinyxml2.so. NOTE: The tinyxml2 developers have determined that the reported overflow is due to improper use of the library and not a vulnerability in tinyxml2
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11210
tinyxml2
Fixed versions: Not specified
tinyxml2
Fixed versions: Not specified
tinyxml2
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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