An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode, while parsing a crafted XML file, performs incorrect memory handling, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read while running strchr() starting with a pointer after a '\0' character (where the processing of a string was finished).
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-10562 An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode, while parsing a crafted XML file, performs incorrect memory handling, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read while running strchr() starting with a pointer after a '\0' character (where the processing of a string was finished).
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-05T02:32:10.485Z

Reserved: 2019-12-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-20005

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-26T22:15:10.797

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:37:52.070

Link: CVE-2019-20005

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