Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-8.el8_6.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.71% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-EXPAT-5635274
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed16 Mar 2022

Introduced: 16 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-23852  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 expat to version 0:2.2.5-8.el8_6.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:0951.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1