NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libexpat-devel package, versions <2.7.1-150400.3.37.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-LIBEXPATDEVEL-15923800
  • published7 Apr 2026
  • disclosed2 Apr 2026

Introduced: 2 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-32778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libexpat-devel to version 2.7.1-150400.3.37.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexpat-devel package and not the libexpat-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference in the function setContext on retry after an earlier ouf-of-memory condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1