Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-50614

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the tinyxml2 package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TinyXML2 through 10.0.0 has a reachable assertion for UINT_MAX/16, that may lead to application exit, in tinyxml2.cpp XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12tinyxml2no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-50614
Debian:13tinyxml2no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-50614
Debian:14tinyxml2no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-50614
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStinyxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50614
Ubuntu:24.04:LTStinyxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50614
Ubuntu:25.10tinyxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50614
Ubuntu:26.04:LTStinyxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50614
Ubuntu:26.10tinyxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50614

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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