HIGH 7.5 Microsoft
CVE-2024-8176
Libexpat: expat: improper restriction of xml entity expansion depth in libexpat
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Mar: Libexpat: expat: improper restriction of xml entity expansion depth in libexpat
Affected Products
- azl3 expat 2.6.4-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 expat 2.6.4-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 expat 2.6.4-1 on CBL-Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8176
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8176
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 was published on 2025-03-11 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 expat 2.6.4-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 expat 2.6.4-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0, cbl2 expat 2.6.4-1 on CBL-Mariner 2.0.
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