CVE catalog
CVE-2011-2188
lua-expat: CVE-2011-2188
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.75% · Oct 25, 2026
LuaExpat before 1.2.0 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | lua-expat | sid | 1.5.2-4 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | forky | 1.5.2-4 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | trixie | 1.5.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | bookworm | 1.5.1-3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [lua-expat]Fixed
Details (2)
1.5.1-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
1.5.1-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
- [lua-expat-dev]Fixed
Source package: [lua-expat]
Details (2)
1.5.1-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
1.5.1-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [lua-expat]Fixed
Source package: [lua-expat]
Details (2)
1.5.2-1+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
1.5.2-1+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
- [lua-expat-dev]Fixed
Source package: [lua-expat]
Details (2)
1.5.2-1+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
1.5.2-1+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
Observed: