Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PrefixList attribute.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0143.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2156.txt
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1493961Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0143.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2156.txt
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1493961Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 20, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified