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CVE-2022-40674

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.1)—

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (3)

Debian — Debian LinuxFedoraproject — FedoraLibexpat Project — Libexpat

CWEs

References

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