Description
libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.
Published: 2022-09-14
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3119-1 expat security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5236-1 expat security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-43945 libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5638-1 Expat vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5638-2 Expat vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5726-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5638-4 Expat vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00586}

epss

{'score': 0.00625}


Fri, 30 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Libexpat Project Libexpat
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services Rhel E4s Rhel Els Rhel Eus Rhev Hypervisor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-30T19:18:52.952Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40674

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.545Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-14T11:15:54.020

Modified: 2025-05-30T20:15:30.970

Link: CVE-2022-40674

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-09-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-40674 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses