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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-25236): Expat vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Added
Feb 22, 2022
Modified
May 28, 2026

Description

xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

Solutions

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References

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