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Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-22824

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity integer overflow in the expat package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.9% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.9%top 9.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

defineAttribute in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8expat2.2.5-8.el8_6.2ALSA-2022:0951
AlmaLinux:8expat-devel2.2.5-8.el8_6.2ALSA-2022:0951
AlmaLinux:8xmlrpc-c1.51.0-8.el8ALSA-2022:7692
AlmaLinux:8xmlrpc-c-c++1.51.0-8.el8ALSA-2022:7692
AlmaLinux:8xmlrpc-c-client1.51.0-8.el8ALSA-2022:7692
AlmaLinux:8xmlrpc-c-client++1.51.0-8.el8ALSA-2022:7692
AlmaLinux:8xmlrpc-c-devel1.51.0-8.el8ALSA-2022:7692
Alpine:v3.20expat2.4.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-22824
Alpine:v3.21expat2.4.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-22824
Alpine:v3.22expat2.4.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-22824
Alpine:v3.23expat2.4.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-22824
Alpine:v3.24expat2.4.3-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-22824
Debian:12expat2.4.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22824
Debian:13expat2.4.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22824
Debian:14expat2.4.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-22824
Debian:12libxmltokno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-22824
Rocky Linux:8expat0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3RLSA-2022:0951
Rocky Linux:8xmlrpc-c0:1.51.0-8.el8RLSA-2022:7692
Ubuntu:22.04:LTScadaverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:24.04:LTScadaverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:25.10cadaverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.04:LTScadaverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.10cadaverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSexpat2.4.3-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfirefox1:1snap1-0ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSmatanzano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSmatanzano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:25.10matanzano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSmatanzano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.10matanzano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:25.10swish-eno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.10swish-eno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTStdomno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:24.04:LTStdomno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:25.10tdomno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.04:LTStdomno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.10tdomno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSthunderbird1:91.11.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSwbxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwbxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:25.10wbxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwbxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.10wbxml2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:25.10xmlrpc-cno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSxmlrpc-cno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824
Ubuntu:26.10xmlrpc-cno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-22824

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References