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The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 24, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 3, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Feb 24, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

2.909%
(91st percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2009-3720

GHSA ID

GHSA-pj3x-74qr-vrr4

Source code

No known source code

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