CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
77.8%
USN-5638-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory in out-of-memory
situations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-43680)
Original advisory details:
Rhodri James discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory when
processing certain malformed XML files. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | expat | < 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | expat-dbgsym | < 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | libexpat1 | < 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | libexpat1-dbgsym | < 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | libexpat1-dev | < 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | expat | < 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | expat-dbgsym | < 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | libexpat1 | < 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | libexpat1-dbgsym | < 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | libexpat1-dev | < 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |