CVE-2022-40304
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.22%Published: 11/23/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2022-40304DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40304
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/libxml2from 0, < 2.9.14-r2
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |