ubuntu-cve-2018-11210
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-05-16 15:29
Modified
2025-07-08 10:40
Summary
Details

** DISPUTED ** 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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "tinyxml2",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinyxml2@0~git20120518.1.a2ae54e-1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "0~git20120518.1.a2ae54e-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "tinyxml2",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinyxml2@2.2.0-1.1ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.2.0-1.1ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "tinyxml2",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tinyxml2@6.0.0+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.0.1-1",
        "6.0.0+dfsg-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "** DISPUTED ** 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11210",
  "modified": "2025-07-08T10:40:28Z",
  "published": "2018-05-16T15:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11210"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/issues/675"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11210"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-11210"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-08T10:45:29Z"
}



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