CVE-2024-45492

critical

Published 2024-09-18 · Modified 2024-09-24

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

—

not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

RHSA-2024:6989: expat security update (Moderate)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.6.2-2`
sid	Fixed	`2.6.2-2`
forky	Fixed	`2.6.2-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.10-2+deb11u6`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.5.0-1+deb12u1`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libexpat_project	libexpat	`{"endExcluding":"2.6.3"}`	`2.6.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.