CVE-2022-25236

expat: Namespace-separator characters in "xmlns[:prefix]" attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution

Published Feb 16, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 35.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2935-1 expat security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5085-1 expat security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5085-2 expat regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-29934 xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5288-1 Expat vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5455-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8240-1 Swish-e vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8235-1 ITK vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8241-1 Coin3D vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8313-1 XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8314-1 Ayttm vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8316-1 CableSwig vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0893}

epss

{'score': 0.08648}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}