MGASA-2025-0240: expat Mageia

Published
Published 18-10-2025Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2025-0240 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-2024-8176CVE-2025-59375

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities Improper restriction of xml entity expansion depth in libexpat. (CVE-2024-8176) This is an extension of the fix published in MGASA-2025-0109 that was determined by upstream to be incomplete. Libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing. (CVE-2025-59375)

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EPSS trend

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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

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Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Mageia1 product
  • expat< 2.7.3-1.mga9

1 vendor · 1 product

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