CVE-2013-2156 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality of Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (xml-security-c) versions prior to 1.7.1. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted PrefixList attribute. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. Its potential impact includes partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xml_security_for_c\+\+:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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