In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2904-1 | expat security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5073-1 | expat security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-32666 | In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory). |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5288-1 | Expat vulnerabilities |
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T12:03:11.369Z
Reserved: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-45960
Updated: 2024-08-04T04:54:31.123Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-01-01T19:15:08.030
Modified: 2026-10-14T13:17:10.723
Link: CVE-2021-45960
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