CVE-2026-5037 (GCVE-0-2026-5037)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-29 08:45
Modified
2026-04-01 14:32
CWE
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in mxml up to 4.0.4. This issue affects the function index_sort of the file mxml-index.c of the component mxmlIndexNew. Executing a manipulation of the argument tempr can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 6e27354466092a1ac65601e01ce6708710bb9fa5. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a mxml Version: 4.0.0
Version: 4.0.1
Version: 4.0.2
Version: 4.0.3
Version: 4.0.4
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