| Name | CVE-2021-42260 |
| Description | TinyXML through 2.6.2 has an infinite loop in TiXmlParsingData::Stamp in tinyxmlparser.cpp via the TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0 case. It can be triggered by a crafted XML message and leads to a denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2988-1, DLA-3130-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tinyxml (PTS) | bullseye | 2.6.2-4+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.6.2-6+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.2-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/bugs/141/
https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/git/merge-requests/1/