vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-40303: libxml2: Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 31, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 31, 2022
Added
Nov 1, 2022
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libxml2
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