vulnerability

IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2022-43680: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after free created by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 22, 2022
Added
Nov 26, 2025
Modified
Nov 26, 2025

Description

libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after free created by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

Solutions

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