Description
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.
Published: 2022-02-18
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2935-1 expat security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5085-1 expat security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-29996 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5320-1 Expat vulnerabilities and regression
History

Fri, 30 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Libexpat Project Libexpat
Oracle Http Server Zfs Storage Appliance Kit
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services
Siemens Sinema Remote Connect Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-30T19:43:21.478Z

Reserved: 2022-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-25313

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:36:06.700Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-18T05:15:08.130

Modified: 2025-05-30T20:15:26.880

Link: CVE-2022-25313

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-25313 - Bugzilla

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