CVE-2015-1283
expat - security update
EPSS 0.52%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.
How to fix CVE-2015-1283
To remediate CVE-2015-1283, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/expat—upgrade to 2.1.0-7 or later
- Debian/expat—upgrade to 2.0.1-7+squeeze2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.0-1+deb7u2 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2015-1283 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.1.0-7
- from 0, < 2.0.1-7+squeeze2
- from 0, < 2.1.0-1+deb7u2
- from 0