Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-22825

high Nessus Plugin ID 230019

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- lookup in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow. (CVE-2022-22825)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 230019

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_22825.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22825

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:insighttoolkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xulrunner, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xulrunner-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:matanza, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:insighttoolkit4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:swish-e, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wbxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cadaver, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vtk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ayttm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cableswig, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxmltok, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxmltok, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:coin3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vnc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tdom, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xmlrpc-c

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22825

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