ALPINE-CVE-2017-9233

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CVE-2017-9233
Published: 25 Jul 2017, 20:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Jul 2017, 20:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•expat

    < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1 | < 2.2.0-r1

References (1)