Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <2.6.3-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.09% (41st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-EXPAT-7908297
- published 5 Sep 2024
- disclosed 30 Aug 2024
Introduced: 30 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-45491 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17 expat to version 2.6.3-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).
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