CVE-2006-10002

XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes. A :utf8 PerlIO layer, parse_stream() in Expat.xs could overflow the XML input buffer because Perl's read() returns decoded characters while SvPV() gives back multi-byte UTF-8 bytes that can exceed the pre-allocated buffer size. This can cause heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes.

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-10002 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2006-10002.

URL	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/19/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/22/3
https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/56b0509dfc6b559cd7555ea81ee62e3622069255.patch
https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/6b291f4d260fc124a6ec80382b87a918f372bc6b.patch
https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/issues/64
https://metacpan.org/release/TODDR/XML-Parser-2.46/changes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-10002
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19859
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-10002