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CVE-2022-40304

Public on 2022-11-23
Modified on 2024-02-10
Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libxml2 2023-04-27 16:19 ALAS-2023-1743
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libxml2 2023-03-17 16:34 ALAS2-2023-1996
Amazon Linux 2023 libxml2 2023-02-17 20:47 ALAS2023-2023-096
Amazon Linux 2023 xmlsec1 2023-02-17 20:47 ALAS2023-2023-097

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H