libexpat 2.10.0 fixes four vulnerabilities
libexpat 2.10.0 releases fixes for CVE-2026-113351, CVE-2026-115506, CVE-2026-117610 and CVE-2026-118370.
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CVE-2026-117610
NULL pointer dereference in libexpat through 2.9.0
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 high
- EPSS
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- Published
- ·
- Modified
AI analysisSummaries by Vani AI
libexpat through 2.9.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in externalEntityInitProcessor2() in lib/xmlparse.c. It mishandles the XML_TOK_NONE token from empty input. A remote attacker who controls stream chunking can force an empty non-final first parse on an external-entity subparser so a later parse crashes the application. Applications that parse such XML with these libexpat versions are affected.
What to do: No fixed version is listed. Avoid attacker-controlled chunked XML that starts an external-entity subparser with an empty non-final buffer until libexpat is updated.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| libexpat | through 2.9.0 |
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.
Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.
Description · NVD
libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in externalEntityInitProcessor2() in lib/xmlparse.c that mishandles the XML_TOK_NONE token from empty input. Attackers who control stream chunking can force an empty non-final first parse on an external entity subparser, causing a later parse to crash the application.
- Vendors
- libexpat project
- Products
- libexpat
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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