Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libxml2-devel package, versions <0:2.9.7-15.el8_7.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-LIBXML2DEVEL-5624053
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed23 Jan 2023

Introduced: 23 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-40303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 libxml2-devel to version 0:2.9.7-15.el8_7.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:0173.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-devel package and not the libxml2-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.

CVSS Scores

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