CVE-2021-45960
Public on 2022-01-01
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description
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
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | expat | 2022-05-31 | ALAS-2022-1588 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | expat | 2022-04-25 | ALAS2-2022-1788 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | expat | 2023-02-17 | ALAS2023-2023-058 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |