CVE-2006-10003
XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st_serial_stack. In the case (stackptr == stacksize - 1), the stack will NOT be expanded. Then the new value will be written at location (++stackptr), which equals stacksize and therefore falls just outside the allocated buffer. The bug can be observed when parsing an XML file with very deep element nesting
Weakness
XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st_serial_stack. In the case (stackptr == stacksize - 1), the stack will NOT be expanded. Then the new value will be written at location (++stackptr), which equals stacksize and therefore falls just outside the allocated buffer. The bug can be observed when parsing an XML file with very deep element nesting
Affected products
- toddr xml\
References
- https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/3eb9cc95420fa0c3f76947c4708962546bf27cfd.patch
- https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/issues/39
- https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19860
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/19/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/04/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7679
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