DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52425

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CVE-2023-52425
Published: 04 Feb 2024, 20:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:26

Vulnerability Summary

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

Timeline

04 Feb 2024, 20:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

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

  • debian•expat

    < 2.2.10-2+deb11u6 | < 2.5.0-1+deb12u2 | < 2.6.0-1 | < 2.6.0-1

  • debian•libxmltok

    all | all

References (1)