vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-43680
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 24, 2022 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 24, 2022
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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