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CVE-2021-46143

high

Description

In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0006/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/538

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/3

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/532

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-01-06

Updated: 2025-05-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03988