CVE-2013-2210
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.0%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the XML Signature Reference functionality in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XPointer expressions. NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2154.
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
- 6.0% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-2164)
- 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-2013-2164 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected 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++
- apache / xml security for c++
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0216.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2210.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2717
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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