CVE-2026-25210 (GCVE-0-2026-25210)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 06:40 – Updated: 2026-01-30 07:21
VLAI?
Summary
In libexpat before 2.7.4, the doContent function does not properly determine the buffer size bufSize because there is no integer overflow check for tag buffer reallocation.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libexpat project | libexpat |
Affected:
0 , < 2.7.4
(semver)
|
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Sightings
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