CVE-2025-59375 (GCVE-0-2025-59375)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:13
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Summary
libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:H/RL:T/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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Vendor Product Version
libexpat project libexpat Affected: 0 , < 2.7.2 (semver)
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