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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2024-45491

CVE-2024-45491

CRITICAL9.8

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2

Published Aug 30, 2024

Modified 2 months ago

Details

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).

References

WEBhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/888 WEBhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/891 WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00036.html WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0003/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45491

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

LowA:L

7.3/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 30, 2024

ModifiedNov 4, 2025

CVE-2024-45491 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence