CVE-2017-9233
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.22%expat - security update
Published: 7/25/2017Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-9233DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9233
Description
XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.
Affected packages (5)
- Alpine/expatfrom 0, < 2.2.0-r1
- Debian/expatfrom 0, < 2.2.1-1
- Debian/expatfrom 0, < 2.1.0-1+deb7u5
- Debian/expatfrom 0, < 2.1.0-6+deb8u4
- Debian/libxmltokfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |