ubuntu-cve-2024-50614
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-10-27 22:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:14
Summary
Details

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

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "TinyXML2 through 10.0.0 has a reachable assertion for UINT_MAX/16, that may lead to application exit, in tinyxml2.cpp XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50614",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:14:05Z",
  "published": "2024-10-27T22:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50614"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50614"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-50614"
  ]
}



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