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CVE-2023-34194

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

StringEqual in TiXmlDeclaration::Parse in tinyxmlparser.cpp in TinyXML through 2.6.2 has a reachable assertion (and application exit) via a crafted XML document with a '\0' located after whitespace.

Affected products

• Tinyxml Project Tinyxml: through 2.6.2

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00024.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QCR5PIOBGDIDS6SYRESTMDJSEDFSCOE/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HOMBSHRIW5Q34SQSXYURYAOYDZD2NQF6/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/git/ci/master/tree/tinyxmlparser.cpp
• https://www.forescout.com/resources/sierra21-vulnerabilities
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00024.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QCR5PIOBGDIDS6SYRESTMDJSEDFSCOE/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HOMBSHRIW5Q34SQSXYURYAOYDZD2NQF6/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4QCR5PIOBGDIDS6SYRESTMDJSEDFSCOE/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HOMBSHRIW5Q34SQSXYURYAOYDZD2NQF6/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/tinyxml/git/ci/master/tree/tinyxmlparser.cpp
• https://www.forescout.com/resources/sierra21-vulnerabilities

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