CVE-2022-40674
expat - security update
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.92%
Description
libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.
How to fix CVE-2022-40674
To remediate CVE-2022-40674, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/expat—upgrade to 2.2.10-r7 or later
- Debian/expat—upgrade to 2.2.10-2+deb11u4 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.6-2+deb10u5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.10-2+deb11u4 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2022-40674 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 2.2.10-r7
- from 0, < 2.2.10-2+deb11u4
- from 0, < 2.2.6-2+deb10u5
- from 0, < 2.2.10-2+deb11u4
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |