CVE-2023-52425
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Feb 4, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 4, 2024
Description
libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
- FEDORA-2024-fbe1f0c1aavendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-b8656bc059vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240409 [SECURITY] [DLA 3783-1] expat security updatemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20240320 Security fixes in Python 3.10.14, 3.9.19, and 3.8.19 (CVE-2023-6597 & CVE-2024-0450)mailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784301.html
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