{"id":"USN-2726-1","summary":"expat vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a\nuser or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a\ncrafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-27T15:02:46.247426Z","published":"2015-08-31T16:48:26Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1283"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1283","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1283"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2726-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1283"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"expat","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["2.1.0-4","2.1.0-4ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"expat"},{"binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"lib64expat1"},{"binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libexpat1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2726-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-1283","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}