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GHSA-6w45-gwrj-v625

GHSA-6w45-gwrj-v625 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

  • May 13, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-6w45-gwrj-v625
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-6w45-gwrj-v625

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-6w45-gwrj-v625/fixes/registry"

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