SB2026020702 - Fedora 42 update for mingw-expat
Published: February 7, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2026020702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24515)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.