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libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.

🗓️ 11 Aug 2026 08:08:47Reported by MicrosoftType 
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Out-of-bounds read and infinite loop in libexpat before 2.8.3 via surrogate handling in *_toUtf16.

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23 Aug 2026 21:46Current
5.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.2
CVSS 3.16.2
EPSS0.00184
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