vulnerability
IBM AIX: libxml2_advisory4 (CVE-2022-40303): Vulnerability in libxml2 affects AIX
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2022-11-23 | 2023-02-09 | 2025-05-07 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2022-11-23
Added
2023-02-09
Modified
2025-05-07
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
ibm-aix-libxml2_advisory4
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