CVE-2024-28757: libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via...
Description
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-28757
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.49% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 64.14% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28757https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1