Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting expat-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EXPATDEBUGINFO-9299596
  • published7 Mar 2025
  • disclosed27 Oct 2024

Introduced: 27 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-50602  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 expat-debuginfo to version 0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2774.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-debuginfo package and not the expat-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 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 Base Scores

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