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ALPINE-CVE-2022-40303

ALPINE-CVE-2022-40303 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.24libxml20
Alpine:v3.13libxml22.9.5-r0, 0, 2.9.9-r3
Alpine:v3.15libxml22.7.8-r4, 2.7.8-r2, 2.7.8-r1
Alpine:v3.14libxml22.9.10-r1, 0, 2.7.2-r0
Alpine:v3.22libxml22.7.8-r0, 2.7.8-r1, 2.7.8-r2
Alpine:v3.20libxml22.9.0-r1, 0, 2.10.1-r0
Alpine:v3.21libxml22.9.0-r2, 2.10.0-r0, 2.10.1-r0
Alpine:v3.23libxml22.9.8-r1, 0, 2.9.9-r3
Alpine:v3.19libxml22.9.0-r1, 0, 2.7.6-r0
Alpine:v3.17libxml22.10.1-r0, 2.10.2-r0, 2.10.2-r1
Alpine:v3.16libxml22.9.9-r0, 2.7.2-r0, 2.7.3-r0
Alpine:v3.18libxml22.9.8-r1, 0, 2.9.9-r3

Timeline

  • Nov 23, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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