CVE-2021-42260

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-2988-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
tinyxml (PTS)	buster, bullseye	2.6.2-4	vulnerable
	bookworm, sid	2.6.2-6	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
tinyxml	source	stretch	2.6.2-4+deb9u1		DLA-2988-1
tinyxml	source	(unstable)	2.6.2-6

Notes

[bullseye] - tinyxml <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - tinyxml <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/bugs/141/
https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/git/merge-requests/1/