CVE-2006-10002

XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes. A :utf8 PerlIO layer, parse_stream() in Expat.xs could overflow the XML input buffer because Perl's read() returns decoded characters while SvPV() gives back multi-byte UTF-8 bytes that can exceed the pre-allocated buffer size. This can cause heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

Published

2026-03-19

Last modified

2026-04-29

Weaknesses

CWE-122, CWE-176

Affected products

• Xml\ (Toddr)
• Xmlparser (Toddr)

References

• https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/56b0509dfc6b559cd7555ea81ee62e3622069255.patch
• https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/issues/64
• https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/XML-Parser-2.46/changes
• https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19859
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/19/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/22/3