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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-40303

When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 22.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
22.79% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
xmlsoft/libxml2 · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/clustered data ontap antivirus connector · netapp/netapp manageability sdk · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · netapp/snapmanager · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h410s firmware · netapp/h410c firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.