CVE-2026-124317: libexpat through 2.10.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via unknown_toUtf8 and unknown_toUtf16

Published Nov 7, 2026
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Updated

libexpat through 2.10.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unknowntoUtf8() and unknowntoUtf16() in xmltok.c when handling application-registered unknown encodings. Attackers can supply a document ending in a truncated multibyte sequence so the convert callback reads past the parse buffer, leaking adjacent memory or crashing applications.

Event History

Nov 7, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:17 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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