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CVE-2013-2156

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 8.4%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PrefixList attribute.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.5 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
8.4% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-2121)
Published
August 20, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2121 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++
  • apache / xml security for c++

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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