vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-45492: libexpat: integer overflow (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 30, 2024
Added
Sep 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-expatredhat-upgrade-expat-debuginforedhat-upgrade-expat-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-expat-devel
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