Use After Free Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.13-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-LIBXML2-2842883
  • published11 Mar 2022
  • disclosed26 Feb 2022

Introduced: 26 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-23308  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 libxml2 to version 2.9.13-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes.

CVSS Scores

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