vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-0a0670a1-3e1a-11ed-b48b-e0d55e2a8bf9 (CVE-2022-40674): expat -- Heap use-after-free vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 27, 2022 | Nov 4, 2022 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 27, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Debian Security Advisory reports: Rhodri James discovered a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the doContent function in Expat, an XML parsing C library, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code, if a malformed XML file is processed.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-expat
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