CVE-2009-3720

The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent…

published November 3, 2009

CVSS

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EPSS

28%

Percentile

98.1

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS: Not scored
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.27924 · 98.1th percentile
Published: 2009-11-03T16:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

03 NOV 16:00Z
The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in Python, PyXML, w3c-libwww, and other software, allows context-dependent…
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