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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-25314

🗓️ 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 3 Views

Unpatched CVE-2022-25314 in libexpat; copyString overflow; Nessus relies on vendor data.

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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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21 May 2026 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 25
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00508
SSVC
expat vulnerabilitylibexpat overflowcopystring overflowunpatched vulnerabilityexpat version 2.4.5nessus vendor data
3