CVE-2026-123202 | BDVDB-2026-400877 Detail
bakulflibnxml
Description#
libnxml before 0.18.6 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in src/nxml_parser.c that allows remote attackers to write past a 1024-byte stack buffer via long XML names. Attackers can supply XML or RSS feeds with a 1022-character element, attribute, DOCTYPE or entity name ending in a multi-byte UTF-8 character to crash parsing applications.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
References#
- https://github.com/bakulf/libnxml/commit/fbac242374883edf2ec14127ca6d2accf4704b6a
- https://github.com/bakulf/libnxml/releases/tag/0.18.6
- https://github.com/bakulf/libnxml/blob/9272d1cd6fee88fe7fd4fd812736d95a6ba25f2f/src/nxml_parser.c#L952-L958
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libnxml-before-0.18.6-stack-based-buffer-overflow-via-long-multi-byte-xml-name
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.