MGASA-2017-0214: expat Mageia

Published
Published 23-07-2017Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2017-0214 is a vulnerability in expat Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-9063CVE-2017-9233

Timeline

  1. 23-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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).

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EPSS trend

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Known exploited

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CISA KEV

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ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

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Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Mageia1 product
  • expat< 2.1.0-9.5.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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