In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2019-06-24T16:06:38.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-14T06:30:43.493Z
Reserved: 2019-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-20843
Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.660Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-24T17:15:09.980
Modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:43.890
Link: CVE-2018-20843