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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-43680): Expat vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 24, 2022
Added
Nov 18, 2022
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-expatubuntu-pro-upgrade-lib64expat1ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libexpat1ubuntu-upgrade-expatubuntu-upgrade-libexpat1
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