CVE-2022-25235

Name

CVE-2022-25235

Description

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.

NVD Severity

high

Other trackers

CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia

Mailing lists

oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq

Exploits

Exploit DB, Metasploit

Forges

GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type	URI
MISC	https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/562
Mailing List	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/19/1
Third Party Advisory	https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5085
Mailing List	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UFRBA3UQVIQKXTBUQXDWQOVWNBKLERU/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y27XO3JMKAOMQZVPS3B4MJGEAHCZF5OM/
Third Party Advisory	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0008/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00007.html
MISC	https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Third Party Advisory	https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
Third Party Advisory	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UFRBA3UQVIQKXTBUQXDWQOVWNBKLERU/
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y27XO3JMKAOMQZVPS3B4MJGEAHCZF5OM/

Match rules

CPE URI	Source package	Min version	Max version
`cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat::::::::`	libexpat	>= None	< 2.4.5

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package	Branch	Version	Maintainer	Status