GHSA-v867-w97p-3vx2MediumCVSS 6.2
libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72522
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1296
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2053153
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/11/5
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v867-w97p-3vx2