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CVE-2013-2156
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML…
High7.5EPSS 8.4%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PrefixList attribute.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.4% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2156.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1493961 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-2710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20130617 Re: CVE-2013-2156: Apache Santuario C++ heap overflow vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [santuario-commits] 20190823 svn commit: r1049214 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache download.html index.html javaindex.html javareleasenotes.html secadv.data/CVE-2019-12400.asc secadv.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [santuario-commits] 20210917 svn commit: r1076843 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html javaindex.html secadv.data/CVE-2021-40690.txt.asc secadv.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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