In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.
CVE-2022-43680
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-10-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 80.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 24, 2022
Last Modified
May 30, 2025
References (30)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/28/5
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/03/5
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/649
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/616
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/650
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00033.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AJ5VY2VYXE4WTRGQ6LMGLF6FV3SY37YE/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BY4OPSIB33ETNUXZY2UPZ4NGQ3OKDY4D/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DPQVIF6TOJNY2T3ZZETFKR4G34FFREBQ/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFCOMBSOJKLIKCGCJWHLJXO4EVYBG7AR/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUJ2BULJTZ2BMSKQHB6US674P55UCWWS/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XG5XOOB7CD55CEE6OJYKSACSIMQ4RWQ6/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-38
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221118-0007/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5266
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-43680(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libexpat1 (2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1) @ jammy | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | lib64expat1 (2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libexpat1 (2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm7) @ trusty | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-1.el8_2 | 2025-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-1.el8_4 | 2025-12-04 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.5-8.el8_6.4 | 2024-01-25 | redhat |
| redhat | expat | 2023-06-05 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.4.9-1.el9_1.1 | 2023-01-23 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.5-10.el8_7.1 | 2023-01-12 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:102.5.0-1.el8_1 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:102.5.0-1.el8_2 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:102.5.0-1.el8_4 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:102.5.0-1.el8_6 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:102.5.0-1.el8_7 | 2022-11-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(13)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-436802022-10-25
In libexpat through 2.4.9 there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8548MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2022:8548 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8549MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2022:8549 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8550MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2022:8550 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8553MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2022:8553 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8554MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2022:8554 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0103MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2023:0103 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:0337MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2023:0337 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3355MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2023:3355 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:0421MODERATE2022-10-24
RHSA-2024:0421 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-5638-2MEDIUM
Expat vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5638-3MEDIUM
Expat vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-5638-4MEDIUM
Expat vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-05-25 13:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-25 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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