Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat-devel package, versions <0:2.1.0-15.35.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-EXPATDEVEL-8611957
  • published10 Jan 2025
  • disclosed30 Aug 2024

Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-45490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 expat-devel to version 0:2.1.0-15.35.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2025-1953.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-devel package and not the expat-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.

CVSS Scores

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