CVE-2026-25210
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 11.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-01-30 06:40Z9 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02 13:01Z4 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- cca92b80545cf0dc1ba280778c1c4762bfb537440fb2d4d591f3d3f8c538f524
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- expat Fixed in 2.5.0-1+deb12u4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- expat Fixed in 2.8.2-1~deb13u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- expat Fixed in 2.7.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- gdcm No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- smart No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- gdcm No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- smart No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.7
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.4
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.7.1-2ubuntu0.2
- matanza No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- coin3 No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm11Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- vnc4 No fix yet
- vtk No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- ayttm No fix yet
- cableswig No fix yet
- coin3 No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm11Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm5Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
- vtk No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- coin3 No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm6Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- expat Fixed in 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.8+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm6Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm6Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
- libxmltok Fixed in 1.2-4.1ubuntu2.24.0.4.1+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.