CVE-2022-25236

critical

Description

xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

References

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/561

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/19/1

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5085

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3UFRBA3UQVIQKXTBUQXDWQOVWNBKLERU/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y27XO3JMKAOMQZVPS3B4MJGEAHCZF5OM/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0008/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00007.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167238/Zoom-XMPP-Stanza-Smuggling-Remote-Code-Execution.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2022-02-16

Updated: 2022-10-07

Type: CWE-668

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL