CVE-2024-28757
Public on 2024-03-10
Modified on 2025-10-10
Description
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | expat | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | expat | 2024-04-02 | ALAS2023-2024-576 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra | firefox | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | thunderbird | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | xmlrpc-c | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | xmlrpc-c | 2025-10-27 | ALAS2023-2025-1229 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |