CVE-2023-52426 - OpenCVE

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libexpat Project	Libexpat

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52426
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0005/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52426

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-04T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:55:41.522Z

Reserved: 2024-02-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-52426

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:55:41.522Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-04T20:15:46.120

Modified: 2024-03-07T17:15:11.893

Link: CVE-2023-52426

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52426 - Bugzilla

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