CVE-2022-23990

Published: 26 January 2022

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function.

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!)
rodrigo-zaiden	libxmltok does not include in_eldec in dtd, so, it is not affected.

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!)

rodrigo-zaiden

libxmltok does not include in_eldec in dtd, so, it is not
affected.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
apache2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	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)
	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)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
ayttm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
cableswig Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
cadaver Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
cmake Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	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)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
coin3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needed
	focal	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)
	trusty	Needed
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needed
expat Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2.2.5-3ubuntu0.4)
	focal	Released (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.2)
	impish	Released (2.4.1-2ubuntu0.1)
	jammy	Released (2.4.3-3)
	kinetic	Released (2.4.3-3)
	lunar	Released (2.4.3-3)
	trusty	Released (2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm4)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551/commits/ede41d1e186ed2aba88a06e84cac839b770af3a1
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
	focal	Needed
	impish	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	jammy	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	lunar	Released (1:1snap1-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
gdcm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (uses system expat)
	focal	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)
	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)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
insighttoolkit Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
insighttoolkit4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
libxmltok Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	hirsute	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	trusty	Ignored (out of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
matanza Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needed
	focal	Needed
	impish	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needed
smart Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
swish-e Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
tdom Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needed
	focal	Needed
	impish	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needed
texlive-bin Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
	focal	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)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code-not-compiled)
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
	focal	Needed
	impish	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
vnc4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
vtk Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)
wbxml2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needed
	focal	Needed
	impish	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needed
xmlrpc-c Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	focal	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	impish	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	jammy	Needs triage
	kinetic	Needs triage
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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