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CVE-2021-45960 (GCVE-0-2021-45960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-01 18:47 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:45
VLAI
Summary
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:29 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-682 - Incorrect Calculation
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