MGASA-2017-0214

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 23 Jul 2017, 19:58
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jul 2017, 19:58
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities Gustavo Grieco discovered an integer overflow flaw during parsing of XML. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library (CVE-2016-9063). Rhodri James discovered an infinite loop vulnerability within the entityValueInitProcessor() function while parsing malformed XML in an external entity. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library (CVE-2017-9233).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•expat

    < 2.1.0-9.5.mga5

References (3)