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FKIE_CVE-2021-45960

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-01 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:14
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).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217609Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/531Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/534Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0004/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217609Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/531Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/534Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0004/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05Third Party Advisory

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