CVE-2019-20202 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a segmentation fault and denial of service in applications using ezXML by triggering an invalid free in the character content parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-20202?
CVE-2019-20202 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_char_content() tries to use realloc on a block that was not allocated, leading to an invalid free and segmentation fault.
Weakness: CWE-763
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20202?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ezxml Project Ezxml.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20202?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-20202 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20202 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20202, GHSA-94p7-57m2-58qh, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20202.