Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <2.2.0-2+deb9u4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.34% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-EXPAT-2331815
  • published 8 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jan 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 expat to version 2.2.0-2+deb9u4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.5 high
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Red Hat

8.8 high