CVE-2026-124317

Public on 2026-11-07
Modified on 2026-11-10
Description
libexpat through 2.10.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unknown_toUtf8() and unknown_toUtf16() in xmltok.c when handling application-registered unknown encodings. Attackers can supply a document ending in a truncated multibyte sequence so the convert callback reads past the parse buffer, leaking adjacent memory or crashing applications.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.8
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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 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 firefox Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview firefox Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core thunderbird Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xmlrpc-c Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L