CVE-2026-77214

libexpat Heap Buffer Over-read in xmlparse.c via XML_ParseBuffer

CVE-2026-77214 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77214, released October 10, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.2
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0032
25th percentile

libexpat before commit 13c5f63 contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlparse.c. XML_ParseBuffer advances the parse buffer end with parser->m_bufferEnd += len using a caller-supplied length that is not validated against the allocated buffer size, so repeated XML_ParseBuffer calls move m_bufferEnd past the end of the heap allocation and subsequent parsing reads out of bounds. Reaching this path requires a parse buffer to already be present; otherwise XML_ParseBuffer returns XML_ERROR_NO_BUFFER. A buffer is present after a prior call to XML_GetBuffer, either directly (the common case) or indirectly through a prior XML_Parse call that allocates the buffer internally. The over-read discloses adjacent heap memory to the calling application, recovering heap pointers, libc function pointers, and code pointers sufficient to defeat ASLR and build further exploitation primitives.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
expat · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2.5.0-1+deb12u5 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77214 Oct 10, 2026
expat · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2.9.0-1~deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77214 Oct 10, 2026
expat · Debian 14 2.9.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-77214 Oct 10, 2026
expat · RHEL 10 2.7.3-1.el10_2.7 RHSA-2026:88248 Oct 24, 2026
expat · RHEL 8 0:2.5.0-6.el8_10 RHSA-2026:92323 Oct 30, 2026
expat · RHEL 9 0:2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 RHSA-2026:88247 Oct 24, 2026
expat · almalinux 10 2.7.3-1.el10_2.7 ALSA-2026:88248 Nov 7, 2026
expat · almalinux 8 2.5.0-6.el8_10 ALSA-2026:92323 Nov 7, 2026
expat · almalinux 9 2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 ALSA-2026:88247 Nov 7, 2026
expat · ol 10 0:2.7.3-1.el10_2.7 ELSA-2026-88248 Nov 7, 2026
expat · ol 8 0:2.5.0-6.el8_10 ELSA-2026-92323 Nov 7, 2026
expat · ol 9 0:2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 ELSA-2026-88247 Nov 7, 2026
expat · opensuse-leap 16.0 2.8.5-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22177-1 Nov 7, 2026
expat · rocky 10 0:2.7.3-1.el10_2.7 RLSA-2026:88248 Nov 7, 2026
expat · rocky 8 0:2.5.0-6.el8_10 RLSA-2026:92323 Nov 7, 2026
expat · rocky 9 0:2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 RLSA-2026:88247 Nov 7, 2026
expat · sles 15.6 2.8.5-150400.3.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4623-1 Nov 7, 2026
expat · sles 15.7 2.8.5-150700.3.15.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4619-1 Nov 7, 2026
expat · sles 16.0 2.8.5-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24469-1 Nov 7, 2026
expat-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.5.0-6.el8_10 RHSA-2026:92323 Oct 30, 2026
expat-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 RHSA-2026:88247 Oct 24, 2026
expat-devel · almalinux 8 2.5.0-6.el8_10 ALSA-2026:92323 Nov 7, 2026
expat-devel · almalinux 9 2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 ALSA-2026:88247 Nov 7, 2026
expat-devel · ol 10 0:2.7.3-1.el10_2.7 ELSA-2026-88248 Nov 7, 2026
expat-devel · ol 8 0:2.5.0-6.el8_10 ELSA-2026-92323 Nov 7, 2026
expat-devel · ol 9 0:2.5.0-6.el9_8.7 ELSA-2026-88247 Nov 7, 2026
firefox · RHEL 10 153.5.0-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:89758 Oct 31, 2026
firefox · almalinux 10 153.5.0-1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:89758 Nov 7, 2026
firefox · ol 10 0:153.5.0-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-89758 Nov 7, 2026
firefox · rocky 10 0:153.5.0-1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:89758 Nov 7, 2026

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