vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-40304): libxml2 vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 22, 2022
Added
Dec 5, 2022
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libxml2ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libxml2-utils
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