Input validation error in expat - CVE-2015-1283

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Input validation error in expat - CVE-2015-1283

Published: July 23, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33808
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1283
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: libexpat.org
Affected software:
expat

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-1283

Install update from vendor's website.

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