CVE-2021-42860

7.5 highEPSS 1.0%

High (7.5) in mini-xml project mini-xml. EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A stack buffer overflow exists in Mini-XML v3.2. When inputting an unformed XML string to the mxmlLoadString API, it will cause a stack-buffer-overflow in mxml_string_getc:2611. NOTE: it is unclear whether this input is allowed by the API specification

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-772
Published: 2022-05-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mini-xml_project:mini-xml

References

https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/286
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/286

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