Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libexpat/libexpat package, versions [,2.6.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBEXPATLIBEXPAT-7854155
  • published30 Aug 2024
  • disclosed30 Aug 2024
  • creditTaiYou

Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-45492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libexpat/libexpat to version 2.6.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the nextScaffoldPart function. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by providing specially crafted XML input that triggers this overflow. This is only exploitable on 32-bit platforms where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX.

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