PT-2026-69331 · Libexpat · Libexpat
CVE-2026-72522
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Published
2026-08-10
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Updated
2026-09-09
CVSS v3.1
6.2
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libexpat versions prior to 2.8.3
Description
An out-of-bounds read and a resulting infinite loop occur during Unicode processing. This happens because low surrogates are treated identically to high surrogates within the
* toUtf16 functions.Recommendations
Update libexpat to version 2.8.3 or later.
Exploit
Fix
Out of bounds Read
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Libexpat