Buffer Overflow Affecting expat package, versions >=0.0.0


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.23% (84th percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-EXPAT-470903
  • published 2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 22 Jul 2015
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for expat.

Overview

expat is a XML parser library written in C.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. The vulnerability exists because there are multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow which may lead to further unspecified impact. This issue is related to CVE-2015-2716.