Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat-devel package, versions <0:2.4.4-1.amzn2022


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-EXPATDEVEL-2996374
  • published29 Aug 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2022

Introduced: 24 Jan 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 expat-devel to version 0:2.4.4-1.amzn2022 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-028.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-devel package and not the expat-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 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

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