CVE-2022-23852

Summary

CVECVE-2022-23852
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-24 02:15:06 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 16:17:27 UTC
DescriptionExpat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a | CWE-190 CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libexpat Project Libexpat All All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert-portal.siemens.com Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-484086.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5073-1 expat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[CVE-2022-23852] Prevent XML_GetBuffer signed integer overflow by hartwork · Pull Request #550 · libexpat/libexpat · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2935-1] expat security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[R1] Nessus Versions 8.15.3 and 10.1.1 Fix Multiple Third-Party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
Expat: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-24) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2022-23852 Expat Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159712 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for expat (ELSA-2022-0951)
  • 159733 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for expat (ELSA-2022-1069)
  • 179044 Debian Security Update for expat (DLA 2904-1)
  • 179068 Debian Security Update for expat (DSA 5073-1)
  • 179107 Debian Security Update for expat (DLA 2935-1)
  • 182780 Debian Security Update for expat (CVE-2022-23852)
  • 198671 Ubuntu Security Notification for Expat Vulnerabilities (USN-5288-1)
  • 20253 Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 Critical Patch Update - April 2022
  • 20254 Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 Critical Patch Update - April 2022 (Unauthenticated)
  • 20255 Oracle Database 19c Critical Patch Update - April 2022
  • 20257 Oracle Database 21c Critical Patch Update - April 2022
  • 20258 IBM DB2 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (6573293)
  • 20285 Oracle Database 19c Critical OJVM Patch Update - April 2022
  • 240155 Red Hat Update for expat (RHSA-2022:0951)
  • 240186 Red Hat Update for expat (RHSA-2022:1069)
  • 240389 Red Hat Update for expat (RHSA-2022:4834)
  • 240794 Red Hat Update for JBoss Core Services (RHSA-2022:7143)
  • 257160 CentOS Security Update for expat (CESA-2022:1069)
  • 296057 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 44.113.4 Missing (bulletinapr2022)
  • 330124 IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities in Python (python_advisory)
  • 353176 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for expat : ALAS-2022-1569
  • 353182 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for expat : ALAS2-2022-1754
  • 354427 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for expat : ALAS2022-2022-028
  • 354434 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for expat : ALAS2022-2022-232
  • 354570 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for expat : ALAS-2022-232
  • 355281 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for expat : ALAS2023-2023-058
  • 376583 F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) Expat Vulnerability (K19473898)
  • 376713 Tenable Nessus Multiple Third-Party Vulnerabilities (TNS-2022-05)
  • 377041 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for expat (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0017)
  • 377097 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for expat (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0021)
  • 44025 Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (JSA70605)
  • 500178 Alpine Linux Security Update for expat
  • 501401 Alpine Linux Security Update for expat
  • 501739 Alpine Linux Security Update for expat
  • 502179 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 502358 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 503915 Alpine Linux Security Update for expat
  • 505363 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 610429 Google Android Devices September 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 610431 Google Android September 2022 Security Patch Missing for Samsung
  • 610439 Google Android October 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 6140379 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for libexpat (GHSA-q23q-h3vx-q22h)
  • 671447 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1425)
  • 671459 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1446)
  • 671565 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1529)
  • 671588 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1562)
  • 671620 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1659)
  • 671642 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1645)
  • 671657 EulerOS Security Update for xulrunner (EulerOS-SA-2022-1774)
  • 671715 EulerOS Security Update for expat (EulerOS-SA-2022-1716)
  • 710626 Gentoo Linux Expat Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-24)
  • 751724 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for expat (SUSE-SU-2022:0495-1)
  • 751730 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for expat (SUSE-SU-2022:0498-1)
  • 751741 OpenSUSE Security Update for expat (openSUSE-SU-2022:0498-1)
  • 753230 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for expat (SUSE-SU-2022:14884-1)
  • 87486 IBM Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server (HTTP Server) Multiple Vulnerabilities (6559296)
  • 87497 IBM HTTP Server Multiple Expat Vulnerabilities
  • 900613 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for expat (7831)
  • 901792 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for expat (7835-1)
  • 904817 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cmake (12311)
  • 905153 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cmake (12472)
  • 940473 AlmaLinux Security Update for expat (ALSA-2022:0951)
  • 960848 Rocky Linux Security Update for expat (RLSA-2022:0951)

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