CVE-2022-40674

high

Description

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5236

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0008/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-06

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XCGBVQQ47URGJAZWHCISHDWF6QBTV2LE/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WE2ZKEPGFCZ7R6DRVH3K6RBJPT42ZBEG/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LQB6FJAM5YQ35SF5B2MN25Y2FX56EOEZ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J2IGJNHFV53PYST7VQV3T4NHVYAMXA36/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GSVZN3IJ6OCPSJL7AEX3ZHSHAHFOGESK/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00029.html

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/640

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/629

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-14

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High