CVE-2022-43680

medium
Published 2023-01-23 · Modified 2023-01-24
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0337.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0103.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2140059

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0103

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0337

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43680.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0103

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-43680

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0337

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.2.10-2+deb11u5
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.5.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.0-1
rockylinux rocky8fixed
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky9fixed

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.