CVE-2024-50602

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.

Published: 2024-10-27 Last update: 2025-10-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-50602 is rated Low Risk (34.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-50602

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-17 0.18% 0.13% -0.05%
2 2026-01-28 0.11% 0.18% +0.07%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.11% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-50602

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.2 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-50602

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-50602

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-50602: 2 source package rows (expat, qt6-qtwebengine); 9 state rows across 9 repos (3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 9, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-50602
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-50602 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (expat, libxmltok), 7 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-50602
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50602
suse medium CVE-2024-50602 severity moderate: SUSE including 782 source package names (0.0.17-1.1:libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.25.1, 0.1.6-1.2:libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.25.1, …), 6271 product×package rows across 404 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, … (404 product lines)): Known Not Affected 5379, Fixed 671, Known Affected 221. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50602/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-50602 medium priority: Ubuntu including 23 source packages (apache2, apr-util, …), 208 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 74, needs-triage 70, DNE 37, ignored 18, released 9. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50602

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-50602

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp solidfire_\&_hci_management_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire_\&_hci_storage_node — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp windows_host_utilities — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:windows_host_utilities:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_compute_node — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h300s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h500s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h700s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410s_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp h410c_firmware — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libexpat_project libexpat < 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-50602

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