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tinyxml2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11210

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11210

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 May 2018, 15:29 UTC

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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