ALPINE-CVE-2024-45492

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CVE-2024-45492
Published: 30 Aug 2024, 03:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Aug 2024, 03:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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).

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•expat

    < 2.6.3-r0 | < 2.6.3-r0 | < 2.6.3-r0 | < 2.6.3-r0 | < 2.6.3-r0 | < 2.6.3-r0 | < 2.6.3-r0

References (1)