Bug 2322054 (CVE-2024-50614)

Summary: CVE-2024-50614 tinyxml2: reachable assertion in GetCharacterRef()
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A flaw was found in the TinyXML2 package. A reachable assertion error may be triggered via a specially-crafted XML file, which can lead to a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-27 23:01:04 UTC
TinyXML2 through 10.0.0 has a reachable assertion for UINT_MAX/16, that may lead to application exit, in tinyxml2.cpp XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef.

Comment 1 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2024-11-12 23:14:45 UTC
This is https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/issues/996 .