#1088813 tinyxml2: CVE-2024-50614

Package:
src:tinyxml2
Source:
src:tinyxml2
Submitter:
Moritz Mühlenhoff
Date:
2026-05-25 17:41:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1088813#5
Date:
2024-12-01 16:45:32 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for tinyxml2.

CVE-2024-50614[0]:
| TinyXML2 through 10.0.0 has a reachable assertion for UINT_MAX/16,
| that may lead to application exit, in tinyxml2.cpp
| XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef.

https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/issues/996


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-50614
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50614

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.