CVE-2026-72522 (GCVE-0-2026-72522)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 03:28 – Updated: 2026-08-13 14:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-13 12:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libexpat project | libexpat |
Affected:
0 , < 2.8.3
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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