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FreeBSD: VID-0A0670A1-3E1A-11ED-B48B-E0D55E2A8BF9 (CVE-2022-40674): expat -- Heap use-after-free vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-0A0670A1-3E1A-11ED-B48B-E0D55E2A8BF9 (CVE-2022-40674): expat -- Heap use-after-free vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/14/2022
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
02/03/2023

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-expat

References

  • CVE-2022-40674
  • USN-5638-1

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