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High 7.5Published Mar 14, 2025
CVE-2024-8176Libexpat: expat: improper restriction of xml entity expansion depth in libexpat
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A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the environment and library usage.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-674
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | from 0:2.7.1-1.el10_0 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support redhat:rhel_aus | from 0:2.2.10-1.el8_2 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support redhat:rhel_eus_long_life | from 0:2.2.10-1.el8_4 not affected | CNA record |
from 0:1.51.0-5.el8_4.2 not affected | CNA record | |
from 0:1.51.0-5.el8_4.2 not affected | CNA record | |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support redhat:rhel_eus | from 0:1.51.0-8.el8_8.1 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP1 redhat:jboss_core_services | 1.0 | CNA record |
Red Hat DevWorkspace Operator 0.33 redhat:devworkspace | from 0.33-1744075017 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 1.14 redhat:discovery | from 1.14.3-1748529279 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift | 4 | CNA record |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p (from the name) | before V3.2 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family siemens:scalance_xc_300_xr_300_xc_400_xr_500wg_xr_500_family (from the name) | before V3.2 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family siemens:scalance_xcm_xrm_xch_xrh_300_family (from the name) | before V3.2 | CISA ADP |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13681vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22033vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22034vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22035vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22607vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22785vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22842vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22871vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3531vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3734vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3913vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4048vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4446vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4447vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4448vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4449vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7444vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7512vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8385vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8176vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310137issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/893
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/973
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/11
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