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CVE-2025-66382
In libexpat through 2.7.3, a crafted file with an approximate size of 2 MiB can lead to dozens of seconds of processing time.
Low2.9EPSS 0.22%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
In libexpat through 2.7.3, a crafted file with an approximate size of 2 MiB can lead to dozens of seconds of processing time.
Timeline
Published
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.9.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 2.7.5
References (4)
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/1076 (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/02/1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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