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Description

In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 expat 2.2.7-2 —
Debian 14 firefox-esr 68.2.0esr-1 —
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:68.2.1-1 —
Debian 13 expat 2.2.7-2 —
Debian 13 firefox-esr 68.2.0esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:68.2.1-1 —
Debian 12 expat 2.2.7-2 —
Debian 12 firefox-esr 68.2.0esr-1 —
Debian 12 libxmltok No fix yet —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:68.2.1-1 —
Debian 10 expat 2.2.6-2+deb10u1 DSA-4530-1
Debian 10 firefox-esr 68.2.0esr-1~deb10u1 DSA-4549-1
Debian 10 thunderbird 1:68.2.2-1~deb10u1 DSA-4571-1
Debian 9 expat 2.2.0-2+deb9u3 DSA-4530-1
Debian 9 firefox-esr 68.2.0esr-1~deb9u2 DSA-4549-1
Debian 9 thunderbird 1:68.2.2-1~deb9u1 DSA-4571-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 8 expat 2.1.0-6+deb8u6 DLA-1912-1
Debian 8 firefox-esr 68.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 DLA-1987-1
Debian 8 thunderbird 1:68.2.2-1~deb8u1 DLA-1997-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 tdom +6 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS tdom +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 tdom +6 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS tdom +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS tdom +4 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS chromium-browser 78.0.3904.70-0ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 70.0+build2-0ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS tdom +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS chromium-browser 78.0.3904.70-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS expat 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.2 USN-4132-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS firefox 70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-4165-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS tdom +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:68.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-4202-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS chromium-browser 78.0.3904.70-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS expat 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5 USN-4132-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS firefox 70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 USN-4165-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS tdom +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS thunderbird 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 USN-4335-1
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS swish-e No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS libxmltok 1.2-4.1ubuntu2.24.0.4.1+esm2 USN-7199-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS swish-e +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS libxmltok 1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm4 USN-7199-1, USN-5455-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS swish-e +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS libxmltok 1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm4 USN-7199-1, USN-5455-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS swish-e +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS coin3 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS libxmltok 1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm4 USN-7199-1, USN-5455-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS libxmltok 1.2-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2 USN-5455-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS vnc4 +6 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS vtk 5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-4852-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS expat 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm2 USN-4132-2
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS vnc4 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS vtk 5.8.0-14.1ubuntu3+esm1 USN-4852-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 expat +1 2.2.5-4.el8 RHSA-2020:4484
RHEL 8 firefox 68.2.0-2.el8_0 RHSA-2019:3196
RHEL 8 thunderbird 68.2.0-1.el8_0 RHSA-2019:3237
RHEL 7 expat +2 2.1.0-12.el7 RHSA-2020:3952
RHEL 7 firefox +1 68.2.0-1.el7_7 RHSA-2019:3210, RHSA-2019:3193
RHEL 6 thunderbird 68.2.0-2.el6_10 RHSA-2019:3756
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.2 AUS expat 2.2.10-1.el8_2 RHSA-2025:22871
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-curl +2 7.64.1-36.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-httpd +6 2.4.37-57.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native 1.3.14-4.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 1.15.7-3.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk +2 1.2.48-4.redhat_1.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_md 1:2.0.8-24.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_security 2.9.2-51.GA.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl +1 1:2.4.37-57.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2 +1 1.39.2-25.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2020:2644
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 0.4.10-7.jbcs.el7 RHSA-2020:2644

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 expat 2.2.5-4.el8 RLSA-2020:4484
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-3.59.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2871-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE 68-4.11.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2871-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird 68.2.1-3.58.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2912-1
SLES 15 SP1 expat 2.2.5-3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2429-1
SLES 15 SP1 python3 +1 3.6.10-3.42.2 SUSE-SU-2020:0114-1
SLES 15 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-3.59.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2871-1
SLES 15 MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE 68-4.11.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2871-1
SLES 15 MozillaThunderbird 68.2.1-3.58.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2912-1
SLES 15 expat 2.2.5-3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2429-1
SLES 15 python3 +1 3.6.10-3.42.2 SUSE-SU-2020:0114-1
SLES 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES 12 SP5 python36 +1 3.6.10-4.3.5 SUSE-SU-2020:0302-1
SLES 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES 12 SP4 expat 2.1.0-21.9.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2440-1
SLES 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-78.51.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED 68-21.9.8 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-atk 2.26.1-2.8.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-cairo 1.15.10-2.13.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-gdk-pixbuf 2.36.11-2.8.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-glib2 2.54.3-2.14.7 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-gtk3 3.10.9-2.15.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-harfbuzz 1.7.5-2.7.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-libffi 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-libffi-gcc5 5.3.1+r233831-14.1 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 firefox-pango 1.40.14-2.7.4 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 mozilla-nspr 4.21-29.6.1 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES 11 SP4 mozilla-nss 3.45-38.9.3 SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 python36 +1 3.6.10-4.3.5 SUSE-SU-2020:0302-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 expat 2.1.0-21.9.1 SUSE-SU-2019:2440-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SLE Micro 6.1 expat 2.7.1-slfo.1.1_1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20311-1
SLE Micro 6.0 expat 2.7.1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20207-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 chromium 78.0.3904.70-bp151.3.21.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:0010-1, openSUSE-SU-2019:2425-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 re2 20190901-bp151.6.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:0010-1, openSUSE-SU-2019:2425-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 chromium 78.0.3904.70-bp150.240.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2424-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 re2 20190901-bp150.25.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2424-1
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3 chromium 78.0.3904.87-10.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2447-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-109.95.2 SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 92.0-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.1.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed chromium 93.0.4577.82-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed expat 2.4.1-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10748-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed python36 3.6.15-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11284-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-lp151.2.18.2 openSUSE-SU-2019:2451-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaThunderbird 68.2.1-lp151.2.16.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2452-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 chromium 78.0.3904.70-lp151.2.39.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2420-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 expat 2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2205-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 firefox-esr-branding-openSUSE +1 68-lp151.3.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2451-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 python3 +1 3.6.10-lp151.6.7.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:0086-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 re2 20190901-lp151.10.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2420-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 MozillaFirefox 68.2.0-lp150.3.71.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2459-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 MozillaThunderbird 68.2.1-lp150.3.54.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2464-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 chromium 78.0.3904.70-lp151.2.39.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2420-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 expat 2.2.5-lp150.2.6.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2204-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 firefox-esr-branding-openSUSE +1 68-lp150.3.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2459-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 re2 20190901-lp151.10.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2420-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.24 librewolf 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.19 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 python2 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 python2 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 python2 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.12 firefox 70.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 python2 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.11 firefox-esr 68.2.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 python2 +1 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.10 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.10 python2 +1 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.9 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.9 python2 2.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.8 expat 2.2.7-r1 —
Alpine v3.7 expat 2.2.7-r1 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 expat +2 2.1.0-12.amzn2 ALAS2-2020-1513
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 68.2.0-1.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1376

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 expat +1 2.2.5-4.el8 ELSA-2020-4484
Oracle Linux 8 thunderbird 68.2.0-1.0.1.el8_0 ELSA-2019-3237
Oracle Linux 7 expat +2 2.1.0-12.el7 ELSA-2020-3952
Oracle Linux 7 thunderbird 68.2.0-1.0.1.el7_7 ELSA-2019-3210

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