CVE-2026-118370
5.9 MEDIUMpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-10-28 · Updated 2026-10-28
AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.
NVD 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-190
Public exploit & PoC references
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/a76b1174c1ea52abb639a4c69d52b630a8a106a2/expat/lib/xmlparse.c#L4138-L4140
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/1bac53c4fc460a03cd9860f39501c7979f6750ae
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/621cb2c78b253ee023a86bc91d6ddb048481c04c
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1450
All references
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/a76b1174c1ea52abb639a4c69d52b630a8a106a2/expat/lib/xmlparse.c#L4138-L4140
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/1bac53c4fc460a03cd9860f39501c7979f6750ae
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/621cb2c78b253ee023a86bc91d6ddb048481c04c
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1450
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libexpat-through-2.9.0-integer-overflow-in-storeatts-via-attindex-and-nprefixes
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