Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting mingw-expat package, versions <0:2.5.0-1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.38% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-MINGWEXPAT-14125225
  • published27 Nov 2025
  • disclosed15 Sept 2025

Introduced: 15 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-59375  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 mingw-expat to version 0:2.5.0-1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:21974.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw-expat package and not the mingw-expat package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1