CVE-2022-43680 (GCVE-0-2022-43680)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-30 19:20
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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