vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29824: Security patch for libxml2 (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 3, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 3, 2022
Added
Oct 11, 2022
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
In libxml2 before 2.9.14, several buffer handling functions in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*) don't check for integer overflows. This can result in out-of-bounds memory writes. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted, multi-gigabyte XML file. Other software using libxml2's buffer functions, for example libxslt through 1.1.35, is affected as well.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-pythonamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-static
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