CVE-2024-53319

Summary

CVE-2024-53319 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting the XML Text Escaping component of Qualisys C++ SDK. This issue results in a heap buffer overflow, enabling attackers to cause Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by manipulating special XML characters within the input. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can trigger the buffer overflow, leading to system instability or crashes, thus causing a Denial of Service condition. This vulnerability has been identified in commit a32a21a and represents a significant security risk for systems using the Qualisys C++ SDK with this component.

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