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Message-ID: <20485954-7382-4595-8d43-b3fe7ca8eb38@pipping.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:47:49 +0200
From: Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@...ping.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: libexpat 2.7.2 fixes CVE-2025-59375 (DoS, CWE-770)

Hello oss-security,


just a quick note that libexpat 2.7.2 (or "Expat 2.7.2") released
today is fixing CVE-2025-59375: denial of service through forced
extensive use of dynamic memory despite small parser input.

Some key links are:

- The change log of release 2.7.2
   https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_7_2/expat/Changes

- The ClusterFuzz finding, its payload and analysis
   https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/1018

- The fixing pull request
   https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1034

- The official CVE metadata
   https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59375

Best



Sebastian

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