High severity · published Nov 23, 2022
CVE-2022-40304
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3
7.8
CVSS
5.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.8% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 15.7.2 · source: NVD
MA
macOS · Apple
11.0 before 11.7.2; 12.0 before 12.6.2 · source: NVD
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
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 2.10.3 · source: NVD
MS
Manageability Software Development Kit · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40304
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40304
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
Patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
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