# CVE-2006-10003: XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st\_serial\_stack

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-03-19 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- XML-Parser: through 2.47

## Description

XML::Parser versions through 2.47 for Perl has an off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st_serial_stack. In the case (stackptr == stacksize - 1), the stack will NOT be expanded. Then the new value will be written at location (++stackptr), which equals stacksize and therefore falls just outside the allocated buffer. The bug can be observed when parsing an XML file with very deep element nesting

## What to do

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## References

- https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=19860
- https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/issues/39
- https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/3eb9cc95420fa0c3f76947c4708962546bf27cfd.patch

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