{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860","details":"** DISPUTED ** 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this input is allowed by the API specification.","modified":"2022-05-26T12:15:00Z","published":"2022-05-26T12:15:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-06-23T15:54:06Z","references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42860"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/286"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42860"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mxml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.7-1","2.9-0ubuntu1","2.9-0ubuntu2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mxml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.10-1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mxml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.12-2","3.1-1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mxml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.2-1","3.3-1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mxml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.3.1-1","3.3.1-1build1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42860.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}