CVE-2024-45492

NameCVE-2024-45492
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3893-1, DSA-5770-1
Debian Bugs1080152

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
expat (PTS)bullseye2.2.10-2+deb11u5vulnerable
bullseye (security)2.2.10-2+deb11u6fixed
bookworm2.5.0-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)2.5.0-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.6.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
expatsourcebullseye2.2.10-2+deb11u6DLA-3893-1
expatsourcebookworm2.5.0-1+deb12u1DSA-5770-1
expatsource(unstable)2.6.2-21080152

Notes

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/892
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/889
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/29ef43a0bab633b41e71dd6d900fff5f6b3ad5e4 (R_2_6_3)

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