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CVE-2024-45492

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  • Published2024-08-30
  • Fixed in2.6.3
  • WeaknessCWE-190

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Description

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-08-3003:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP · NVD
Libexpat expat
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.6< 2.6.32.6.3
Libexpat project libexpat
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.6< 2.6.32.6.3

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • ICSA-24-317-01 CISA1 known affected

    Subnet Solutions PowerSYSTEM Center

    Subnet Solutions PowerSYSTEM Center PSC 2020: <=v5.22.x

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Libexpat expat to 2.6.3
  2. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-24-317-01 · 1 productSubnet Solutions inc. reports that dependencies have been updated and vulnerabilities are to be addressed in PowerSYSTEM Center 2020 Update 23 release.
  3. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-24-317-01 · 1 productSubnet Solutions inc. strongly recommends users update to the latest version. If this is not possible, the following mitigations have been identified:
  4. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-24-317-01 · 1 productApply application allow-listing to prevent unauthorized executables from running.
  5. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-24-317-01 · 1 productEnsure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) are enabled within the operating system. Memory protection controls can be enabled via Windows Security. Please refer to this article for reference.

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
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Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2024-08-30
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45492?

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).

Is CVE-2024-45492 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-45492 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.4% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-45492?

CVE-2024-45492 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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