The vulnerability of the libexpat library for analyzing XML files stems from improper restrictions on links to external XML entities, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the libexpat library for analyzing XML files is related to improper restrictions on links to external XML entities. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Integer Overflow

libexpat.so is vulnerable to Integer Overflow. The vulnerability is caused due to a defect in function nextScaffoldPart within xmlparse.c. This can lead to an integer overflow for mgroupSize on 32-bit platforms where UINTMAX equals SIZEMAX...

Integer Overflow

libexpat.so is vulnerable to Integer Overflow. The vulnerability is caused due to a defect in function dtdCopy within xmlparse.c. This can lead to integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms whereUINTMAX equals SIZEMAX...

PT-2024-6096

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libexpat versions prior to 2.6.3 Description The issue is related to a problem in the libexpat library, which is used for parsing XML files. It is caused by the library's failure to properly restrict references to external XML entities. This c...

PT-2024-6339

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libexpat versions prior to 2.6.3 Description An issue was discovered in libexpat, where the nextScaffoldPart function in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m groupSize on 32-bit platforms. This can allow a remote attacker to cause a...

K000139525: Libexpat vulnerability CVE-2022-43680

Security Advisory Description In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XMLExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations. CVE-2022-43680 Impact System performance degradation can occur until the process is forced to restart...

CentOS 8 : expat (CESA-2024:1615)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2024:1615 advisory. - libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service resource consumption because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multip...

The vulnerability of the XML syntax analyzer library libexpat, related to uncontrolled resource consumption, allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the XML syntax analyzer library libexpat is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause service interruptions...

AZL-34207 CVE-2023-52425 affecting package expat for versions less than 2.6.2-2

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service resource consumption because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4202-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4202-1 advisory. It was discovered that a specially crafted S/MIME message with an inner encryption layer could be displayed as having a valid signature in some...

K44454157: Expat vulnerability CVE-2022-40674

Security Advisory Description libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c. CVE-2022-40674 Impact An attacker may be able to use crafted XML to reference previously freed memory, leading to data corruption or the execution of arbitrary code. Security Advisory...

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On uses IBM HTTP Server that is vulnerable to denial of service due to libexpat (CVE-2022-43680, CVE-2013-0340, CVE-2017-9233)

Summary IBM HTTP Server used by IBM WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to denial of service due to libexpat. This has been addressed. Vulnerability Details Refer to the security bulletins listed in the Remediation/Fixes section Affected Products and Versions Affected Products| Versions...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM WebSphere Application Server

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in IBM HTTP Server, part of IBM WebSphere Application Server. The vulnerabilities are specifically in the libexpat component of the product. For more information about the vulnerability in libexpat, see: https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/advisory?id=NCSC-2022-0684 The...

CVE-2022-43680

In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XMLExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations...

CVE-2022-40674

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c...

Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.15.5)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-5.15.5 advisory. - In Network Security Services NSS before 3.46, several cryptographic primitives had missing length checks. In cases where the...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

libexpat is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists due to a lack of sanitization of boundary in storeAtts function in xmlparse.c leading to an integer overflow...

The vulnerability of the libexpat function in the C language library, which is used for performing XML parsing, allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack.

The vulnerability of the libexpat function in the C language library for performing XML parsing in Expat involves the XML parser itself, which consumes a large amount of memory and CPU resources. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service interruptions remotely...

CVE-2019-15903

CVE-2019-15903 is a libexpat/libxml2 (Expat) issue present in libexpat prior to 2.2.8. Crafted XML input could cause the parser to switch from DTD parsing to document parsing too early, and a subsequent call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber/XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber could trigger a heap-based buffer ...

The vulnerability of the entityValueInitProcessor function in the libexpat XML analysis library allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The entityValueInitProcessor function in the libexpat library for XML file analysis has a vulnerability due to an incorrect restriction on XML references to external DTD objects. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause a denial-of-service attack infinite loop during t...