ALPINE-CVE-2021-46143

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Published: 06 Jan 2022, 04:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Jan 2022, 04:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpineexpat

    < 2.2.10-r0 | < 2.2.10-r2 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0 | < 2.4.3-r0

References (1)