GHSA-4HJV-8MMR-JXWV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-24 19:00 – Updated: 2025-05-30 21:30
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In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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  ],
  "database_specific": {
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  "id": "GHSA-4hjv-8mmr-jxwv",
  "modified": "2025-05-30T21:30:54Z",
  "published": "2022-10-24T19:00:20Z",
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