CVE-2022-23990
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | expat | Not affected (2.5.0-r0) |
| Stream | expat | Not affected (2.5.0-r2) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | expat | Not affected (2.5.0-r0) |
| Stream | expat | Not affected (2.5.0-r2) |
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05