Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-40304 - Double Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27