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Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-34194

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the tinyxml package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

StringEqual in TiXmlDeclaration::Parse in tinyxmlparser.cpp in TinyXML through 2.6.2 has a reachable assertion (and application exit) via a crafted XML document with a '\0' located after whitespace.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20tinyxml2.6.2-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-34194
Alpine:v3.21tinyxml2.6.2-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-34194
Alpine:v3.22tinyxml2.6.2-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-34194
Alpine:v3.23tinyxml2.6.2-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-34194
Alpine:v3.24tinyxml2.6.2-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-34194
Debian:12tinyxml2.6.2-6+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34194
Debian:13tinyxml2.6.2-6.1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34194
Debian:14tinyxml2.6.2-6.1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34194
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStinyxml2.6.2-6ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-34194
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStinyxml2.6.2-6ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-6612-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References