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CVE-2022-25235 (Critical) detected in expatexpat-2.2.6 #20

Open mend-bolt-for-github[bot] opened 7 months ago

mend-bolt-for-github[bot] commented 7 months ago

CVE-2022-25235 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - expatexpat-2.2.6

Fast XML parser library in C

Library home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/

Found in HEAD commit: a3e5fb2989405a06304304e879162c459ddfc1fe

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/lib/xmltok_impl.c

Vulnerability Details

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.

Publish Date: 2022-02-16

URL: CVE-2022-25235

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25235

Release Date: 2022-02-16

Fix Resolution: cmake - 3.19.5,3.17.3,3.22.0;cmake-native - 3.22.0,3.17.3,3.20.1;python3 - 3.8.2


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