In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1839-1 expat security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4472-1 expat security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-13383 In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4040-1 Expat vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4040-2 Expat vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4852-1 VTK vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5455-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7199-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
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Fri, 30 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-30T19:39:20.442Z

Reserved: 2019-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20843

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.660Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-24T17:15:09.980

Modified: 2025-05-30T20:15:20.570

Link: CVE-2018-20843

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20843 - Bugzilla

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