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Use After Free Affecting expat-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.53% (77th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high
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SUSE
8.1 high
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Red Hat
8.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-EXPATDEBUGINFO-3110157
  • published 9 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 14 Sep 2022
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Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40674 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 expat-debuginfo to version 0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1877.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-debuginfo package and not the expat-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

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