Description
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).
Published: 2019-06-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 5.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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
History

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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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Libexpat Project Libexpat
Opensuse Leap
Oracle Hospitality Res 3700 Http Server Outside In Technology
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services Openshift Do
Tenable Nessus
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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