CVE-2024-45492

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-08-30

Description

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

See more information about CVE-2024-45492 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.2	CVSS Vector:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (expat)	ELSA-2024-6989	2024-09-24
Oracle Linux version 9 (expat)	ELSA-2024-6754	2024-09-18