CVE-2022-43680 (High) detected in buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0 - autoclosed

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CVE-2022-43680 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0

Educational Linux Distribution

Library home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/buffalo-gpl/

Found in HEAD commit: 9acfd5f7f2094e259e79cadf865c6ec22c8fc2cf

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/lib/xmlparse.c

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2022-10-24

URL: CVE-2022-43680

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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:information_source: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #36

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:information_source: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #36