UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31598

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31598

    Published: 24 Apr 2021Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-31598
    Aliases:
    USN-5061-1

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_decode() performs incorrect memory handling while parsing crafted XML files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-31598, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5061-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31598

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: scilab

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/scilab?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.5.2-2ubuntu3+esm1

    Affected versions

    5.5.2-1ubuntu1
    5.5.2-2ubuntu1
    5.5.2-2ubuntu2
    5.5.2-2ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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