CVE-2026-50219 PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 04.06.2026 Published: 04.06.2026 Updated: 04.06.2026

libexpat before 2.8.2 lacks handler call depth tracking for calls to XML_GetBuffer, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_ParserFree, or XML_ParserReset from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur,

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.9

Product Status

Vendor libexpat project
Product libexpat
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.8.2 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-416 Use After Free CWE