Medium severity · published May 3, 2022
CVE-2022-29824
In libxml2 before 2.9.14, several buffer handling functions in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*) don't check for integer overflows
6.5
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In libxml2 before 2.9.14, several buffer handling functions in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*) don't check for integer overflows. This can result in out-of-bounds memory writes. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted, multi-gigabyte XML file. Other software using libxml2's buffer functions, for example libxslt through 1.1.35, is affected as well.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CD
Clustered Data Ontap · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CD
Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
before 2.9.14 · source: NVD
LI
Libxslt · Xmlsoft
through 1.1.35 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29824
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29824
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167345/libxml2-xmlBufAdd-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169825/libxml2-xmlParseNameComplex-Integer-Overflow.html
Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2554a2408e09f13652049e5ffb0d26196b02ebab
Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/6c283d83eccd940bcde15634ac8c7f100e3caefd
Release Notes
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.9.14
Product
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/tags
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