Use After Free Affecting expat package, versions <2.2.5-150000.3.22.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.13% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-EXPAT-3050851
  • published18 Oct 2022
  • disclosed17 Oct 2022

Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-40674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 expat to version 2.2.5-150000.3.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

References

CVSS Scores

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