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HistoryMar 26, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Moderate: expat security update

2024-03-2600:00:00
Google
osv.dev
18
expat
c library
security
denial of service
xml entity expansion

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

38.0%

Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.

Security Fix(es):

  • expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service (CVE-2023-52425)
  • expat: XML Entity Expansion (CVE-2024-28757)

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

38.0%