CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-24515

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 23, 2026 | Modified: Feb 05, 2026
CVSS 3.x
2.5
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
2.9 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not copy unknown encoding handler user data.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibexpatLibexpat_project*2.7.4 (excluding)
ExpatUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ExpatUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
ExpatUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
ExpatUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
ExpatUbuntujammy*
ExpatUbuntunoble*
ExpatUbuntuquesting*
ExpatUbuntuupstream*
LibxmltokUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
LibxmltokUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
LibxmltokUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
LibxmltokUbuntuesm-apps/noble*
LibxmltokUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
LibxmltokUbuntujammy*
LibxmltokUbuntunoble*
MatanzaUbuntudevel*
MatanzaUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
MatanzaUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
MatanzaUbuntuesm-apps/noble*
MatanzaUbuntujammy*
MatanzaUbuntunoble*
MatanzaUbuntuquesting*

Potential Mitigations

References