6.2
Medium
CVE-2026-72522 libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the…
Description
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libexpat 2.8 | earliest → < 2.8.3 | 2.8.3 |
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8.7
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4.9
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