Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-EXPAT-2388636
  • published 31 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 26 Jan 2022

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 expat.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.5 medium
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SUSE

8.1 high