CVE-2021-46143

Published: 6 January 2022

In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	paraview uses system expat xotcl uses system expat poco uses system expat gdcm uses system expat audacity uses system expat simgear uses system expat coin3 uses system expat as of 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1 sitecopy uses system expat since 1:0.16.0-1 (dapper!)
leosilva	python uses system expat

Author

Note

paraview uses system expat
xotcl uses system expat
poco uses system expat
gdcm uses system expat
audacity uses system expat
simgear uses system expat
coin3 uses system expat as of 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1
sitecopy uses system expat since 1:0.16.0-1 (dapper!)

leosilva

python uses system expat

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
apache2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
apr-util Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
astropy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
audacity Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
ayttm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
cableswig Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
cadaver Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
cmake Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
coda Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
coin3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	impish	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
emboss Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
expat Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2.2.5-3ubuntu0.4)
	focal	Released (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.2)
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Released (2.4.1-2ubuntu0.1)
	jammy	Released (2.4.3-1)
	kinetic	Released (2.4.3-1)
	lunar	Released (2.4.3-1)
	mantic	Released (2.4.3-1)
	trusty	Released (2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm4) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/538/commits/85ae9a2d7d0e9358f356b33977b842df8ebaec2b
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2)
	focal	Released (98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.2)
	impish	Released (98.0+build3-0ubuntu0.21.10.2)
	jammy	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	lunar	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	mantic	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (98)
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support, was needs-triage)
	Patches: upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/f73871dde9f6798e29f859c082a8e83f115417e2
gdcm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	focal	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	impish	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
harp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
ibm-3270 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
insighttoolkit Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
insighttoolkit4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	focal	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
insighttoolkit5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
libsynthesis Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
libxmltok Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (1.2-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro
	focal	Released (1.2-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Released (1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	mantic	Needed
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (1.2-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro
mame Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
matanza Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
opencollada Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
paraview Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
poco Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
python2.7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable
	focal	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	kinetic	Not vulnerable
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
python3.10 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	kinetic	Not vulnerable
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
python3.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
python3.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
python3.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
python3.7 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
python3.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable
	focal	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
python3.9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
qtwebengine-opensource-src Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
sitecopy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
smart Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
swish-e Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
tdom Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
texlive-bin Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (end of standard support, was needs-triage)
	focal	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Not vulnerable
	mantic	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support, was needs-triage)
tla Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
visp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
vnc4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
vtk Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
wbxml2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
xmlrpc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
xmlrpc-c Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
xsd Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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