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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | libnxml before 0.18.6 Stack-based Buffer Overflow via long multi-byte XML name | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-11-05T19:04:52.864Z
Reserved: 2026-11-05T17:58:50.610Z
Link: CVE-2026-123202
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-05T19:17:19.337
Modified: 2026-11-05T19:17:19.337
Link: CVE-2026-123202
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