Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <2.2.10-2+deb11u1


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.82% (82nd percentile)
Expand this section
NVD
9.8 critical
Expand this section
SUSE
7.5 high
Expand this section
Red Hat
9.8 critical

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-EXPAT-2331802
  • published 8 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jan 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 expat to version 2.2.10-2+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

defineAttribute in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.