CVE-2023-45322MediumCVSS 6.5

libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can't control when memory allocations fail."

Published
October 12, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

🎯 Affected products3

  • azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-5 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 libxml2 2.10.4-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 2.10.4-2 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 2.11.5-3

🔗 References (2)