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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2020-14338

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

A flaw was found in Xerces, specifically in the way the XMLSchemaValidator class. This flaw allows a specially-crafted XML file to manipulate the validation process in certain cases. This issue is the same flaw as CVE-2020-14621, which affected OpenJDK, and uses a similar code. This flaw is fixed in versions jboss-2.11.0.SP6 and 2.12.0.SP3 that are available on GitHub.

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CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

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