CVE-2024-50602 Affecting expat package, versions <2.6.4-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (11th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE318-EXPAT-8359602
- published 8 Nov 2024
- disclosed 27 Oct 2024
How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.18 expat to version 2.6.4-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:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.
CVSS Scores
version 3.1