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vulnerabilityCVE-2024-45490
Name
CVE-2024-45490
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
expat
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.5
CVSSv31
9.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.8.1
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.8.1
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.8.1-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.8.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.8.1
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.6.4
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


expat (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
doc: Document that XML_Parse/XML_ParseBuffer reject "len < 0"
Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
CVE-2024-45490
2
lib: Reject negative len for XML_ParseBuffer
Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
CVE-2024-45490
3
tests: Cover "len < 0" for both XML_Parse and XML_ParseBuffer
Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
CVE-2024-45490
4
minicheck: Add simple subtest support
Snild Dolkow <snild@sony.com>
CVE-2024-45490