CVE-2026-118370

Public on 2026-10-28
Modified on 2026-10-31
Description
libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a signed integer overflow vulnerability in storeAtts() in lib/xmlparse.c that allows attackers to trigger out-of-bounds writes via oversized attribute counts. Attackers can supply a multi-gigabyte document with a start tag carrying over 2^30 attributes to overflow attIndex and nPrefixes, crashing applications or corrupting heap memory.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core expat Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 expat Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview expat Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra firefox Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 firefox Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview firefox Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core thunderbird Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 xmlrpc-c Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H