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ALPINE-CVE-2024-8176
ALPINE-CVE-2024-8176
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the environment and library usage.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.21 | expat | 2.6.4-r0, 2.6.2-r0, 2.6.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | expat | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | expat | 2.4.3-r0, 0, 2.6.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | expat | 0, 2.0.1-r2, 2.0.1-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | expat | 2.1.0-r2, 2.0.1-r4, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | expat | 2.0.1-r1, 2.2.10-r1, 2.2.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | expat | 2.2.9-r1, 2.2.9-r0, 2.2.8-r0 |
Timeline
- Mar 14, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated