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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72522

libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unic...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS coin3
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Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm13"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS vnc4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS vtk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm14"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS ayttm
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS cableswig
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS coin3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS gdcm
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS insighttoolkit4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS libxmltok
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS smart
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS vnc4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS vtk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm5"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS coin3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS gdcm
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS insighttoolkit4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS libxmltok
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS smart
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS vnc4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.9-1ubuntu0.8+esm3"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS insighttoolkit4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS libxmltok
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.7-1ubuntu0.9"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS insighttoolkit4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS libxmltok
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.1-2ubuntu0.6"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS libxmltok
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10 xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS cadaver
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS expat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.4-1ubuntu0.2"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS matanza
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS tdom
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS wbxml2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS xmlrpc-c
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS swish-e
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

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