Algorithmic Complexity The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package expat  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2504-EXPAT-14155474
  • published11 Dec 2025
  • disclosed28 Nov 2025

Introduced: 28 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-66382  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Ubuntu.

In libexpat through 2.7.3, a crafted file with an approximate size of 2 MiB can lead to dozens of seconds of processing time.