CVE-2022-23852

high-risk
Published 2022-01-24

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.

Do I need to act?

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1.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: 81b89678e200820271b72cacdd45fb5868855765
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate