libexpat through 2.10.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unknown_toUtf8() and unknown_toUtf16() in xmltok.c when handling application-registered unknown encodings. Attackers can supply a document ending in a truncated multibyte sequence so the convert callback reads past the parse buffer, leaking adjacent memory or crashing applications.
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| Description | libexpat through 2.10.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unknown_toUtf8() and unknown_toUtf16() in xmltok.c when handling application-registered unknown encodings. Attackers can supply a document ending in a truncated multibyte sequence so the convert callback reads past the parse buffer, leaking adjacent memory or crashing applications. | |
| Title | libexpat through 2.10.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via unknown_toUtf8 and unknown_toUtf16 | |
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Libexpat Project libexpat |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-126 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Libexpat Project
Libexpat Project libexpat |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-07T14:17:57.180Z
Reserved: 2026-11-07T12:27:50.865Z
Link: CVE-2026-124317
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-11-07T15:17:16.080
Modified: 2026-11-07T15:17:16.220
Link: CVE-2026-124317
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Updated: 2026-11-07T16:45:13Z
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