Critical
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
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11210
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:15 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:CVE-2018-11210
Complete source record
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