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CVE-2021-45960 (GCVE-0-2021-45960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-01 18:47 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:45
VLAI
Summary
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:29 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-682 - Incorrect Calculation
Assigner
References
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