Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions [,2.7.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXPAT-15170844
  • published2 Feb 2026
  • disclosed30 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-25210  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade expat to version 2.7.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the doContent() function in xmlparse.c. An attacker can cause memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code by providing specially crafted input that triggers an integer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1