libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing.
CVE-2025-59375
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-09-15. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 66.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 15, 2025
Last Modified
May 12, 2026
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated May 1, 2026oss-security - Prosody XMPP server security advisory 2026-04-31 (multiple vulnerabilities)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/5oss-security - libexpat 2.7.2 fixes CVE-2025-59375 (DoS, CWE-770)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/16/2[CVE-2025-59375] Start tracking and limiting use of dynamic memory (fixes #1018) by hartwork · Pull Request #1034 · libexpat/libexpat · GitHub
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1034[CVE-2025-59375] OSS-Fuzz/ClusterFuzz finding 439133977 · Issue #1018 · libexpat/libexpat · GitHub
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/1018libexpat/expat/Changes at R_2_7_2 · libexpat/libexpat · GitHub
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_7_2/expat/Changeslibexpat/expat/Changes at 676a4c531ec768732fac215da9730b5f50fbd2bf · libexpat/libexpat · GitHub
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/676a4c531ec768732fac215da9730b5f50fbd2bf/expat/Changes#L45-L74Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-59375(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2025-59375Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing.
- RHSA-2026:21275Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.1 security update
- RHSA-2026:19177Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: python3.12 security update
- RHSA-2026:19064Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: python3.12 security update
- RHSA-2026:10950Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: python3.12 security update
- RHSA-2026:5396Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPM Release
- RHSA-2026:3462Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (ROCm)
- RHSA-2026:3461Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (CUDA)
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Patch Availability(30)
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2025:19020IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:19020 — Important
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- Red HatRHSA-2025:23079IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23079 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23080IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23080 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23202IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23202 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23204IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23204 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23205IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23205 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23209IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23209 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23227IMPORTANT2025-09-15
RHSA-2025:23227 — Important
Data Freshness Timeline
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