ghsa-g848-pppp-vg6f
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-11-23 18:30
Modified
2025-04-28 21:30
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-40304"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-415",
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-11-23T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-g848-pppp-vg6f",
  "modified": "2025-04-28T21:30:38Z",
  "published": "2022-11-23T18:30:27Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40304"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags"
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      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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