xml parsing

  1. CVE-2025-7519 Polkit XML Parser Depth Bug: Patch Enforces Safe Depth

    A deep parsing bug in polkit’s XML policy handler can be triggered by a crafted .policy file with unusually deep nesting (32 or more elements), producing an out‑of‑bounds write that can crash polkit’s daemon and — in the worst case — might be leveraged toward code execution; vendors and upstream...
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  2. libxml2 CVE-2023-45322: Hidden Use-After-Free in xmlUnlinkNode Explained

    libxml2 contained a subtle but real use‑after‑free in its tree manipulation code that was assigned CVE‑2023‑45322 — a bug that only triggers after a specific memory allocation fails, but which nevertheless exposes real availability and stability risks for any software that embeds the library...
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  3. CVE-2023-34411: High severity xml-rs panic DoS fixed in 0.8.14

    A small, innocuous-looking malformed XML string can crash an XML parser and take a service offline — that’s the practical reality behind CVE-2023-34411, a high‑severity denial‑of‑service vulnerability in the widely used Rust crate xml-rs that affected versions 0.8.9 through 0.8.13 and was fixed...
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