usn-5638-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-11-17 09:56
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
expat vulnerabilities
Details

USN-5638-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory in out-of-memory situations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-43680)

Original advisory details:

Rhodri James discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory when processing certain malformed XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

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