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vulnerabilityCVE-2022-40303
Name
CVE-2022-40303
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
libxml2
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.5
CVSSv31
7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.15.3
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.15.3
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.15.3-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.15.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.15.3
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.12.10
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


libxml2 (yocto:kirkstone)

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Title
Author
Resolve
1
CVE-2022-40303
Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@aevum.de>
CVE-2022-40303