CVE-2022-40674

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2022-40674
libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/629 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/640 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00029.html Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GSVZN3IJ6OCPSJL7AEX3ZHSHAHFOGESK/
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/LQB6FJAM5YQ35SF5B2MN25Y2FX56EOEZ/
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/XCGBVQQ47URGJAZWHCISHDWF6QBTV2LE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-06 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0008/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5236 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/629 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5236 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0008/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-06 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24 Third Party Advisory
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 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/640 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

30 May 2025, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24 - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/640 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/640 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0008/ - Third Party Advisory () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0008/ - Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5236 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5236 - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/629 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/629 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00029.html - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00029.html - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-06 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-06 - Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
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  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LQB6FJAM5YQ35SF5B2MN25Y2FX56EOEZ/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2022-dcb1d7bcb1', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J2IGJNHFV53PYST7VQV3T4NHVYAMXA36/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2022-c68d90efc3', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () 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.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WE2ZKEPGFCZ7R6DRVH3K6RBJPT42ZBEG/ -
  • () 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/LQB6FJAM5YQ35SF5B2MN25Y2FX56EOEZ/ -
Information

Published : 2022-09-14 11:15

Updated : 2025-05-30 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-40674

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40674

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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

libexpat_project

  • libexpat

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free