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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40303

DEBIAN-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
Debian:14libxml20, 0, 0
Debian:11libxml22.9.10+dfsg, 0, 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7
Debian:12libxml20, 0, 0
Debian:13libxml20, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Nov 23, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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