CVE-2025-66382 (GCVE-0-2025-66382)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 16:08
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Summary
In libexpat through 2.7.3, a crafted file with an approximate size of 2 MiB can lead to dozens of seconds of processing time.
Severity ?
2.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
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libexpat project libexpat Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.7.3 (semver)
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