CVE-2024-45492

CRITICAL

9.8

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).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/30/2024

Last Modified11/4/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

libexpat_project:libexpat

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190CWE-190

References

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/889(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/892(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00036.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0005/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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