Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting libexpat package, versions [,2.7.0)
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- published17 Mar 2025
- disclosed14 Mar 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 14 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2024-8176 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade libexpat to version 2.7.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion due to improper handling of recursive entity expansion in XML documents which can lead to exhaustion of the stack space.