CVE-2023-52425
expat - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
Description
libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.
How to fix CVE-2023-52425
To remediate CVE-2023-52425, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/expat—upgrade to 2.6.0-r0 or later
- Debian/expat—upgrade to 2.2.10-2+deb11u6 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.6-2+deb10u7 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.10-2+deb11u6 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2023-52425 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 2.6.0-r0
- from 0, < 2.2.10-2+deb11u6
- from 0, < 2.2.6-2+deb10u7
- from 0, < 2.2.10-2+deb11u6
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |