CVE-2024-8176
Last modified
CVE-2024-8176 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. EPSS estimates a 1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the environment and library usage.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
References
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Deferred
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2024-8176?
How severe is CVE-2024-8176?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8176?
How Strix Helps
- How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
- Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
- PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
- AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.
Related CVEs from 2024
- CVE-2024-8170A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in …9.8
- CVE-2024-8171A vulnerability classified as critical was found in itsource…9.8
- CVE-2024-8172A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has be…6.1
- CVE-2024-8173A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found…7.5
- CVE-2024-8174A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Blood Bank S…6.1
- CVE-2024-8175An unauthenticated remote attacker can causes the CODESYS we…7.5
- CVE-2024-8177An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versio…7.5
- CVE-2024-8178The ctl_write_buffer and ctl_read_buffer functions allocated…8.8
- CVE-2024-8179An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all v…5.4
- CVE-2024-8180An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all v…5.4
- CVE-2024-8181An Authentication Bypass vulnerability exists in Flowise ver…8.1
- CVE-2024-8182An Unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exi…7.5
Are you affected by CVE-2024-8176?
Run a free Strix scan to check your systems for this vulnerability.
Scan your code nowSource: NVD / NIST