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Vulnerability details: VCID-1tg8-f975-q3b9
Vulnerability ID VCID-1tg8-f975-q3b9
Aliases CVE-2022-40304
Summary An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-415 Double Free
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-40304.json
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
ssvc Track http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
ssvc Track http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
ssvc Track http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
ssvc Track http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
ssvc Track http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3
ssvc Track https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40304
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531
ssvc Track https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533
ssvc Track https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534
ssvc Track https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535
ssvc Track https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536
ssvc Track https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-40304.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40304
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40303
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40304
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://nokogiri.org/CHANGELOG.html#1139-2022-10-18
1022225 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1022225
1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
21 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
2136288 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2136288
24 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
25 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
26 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
27 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:manageability_software_development_kit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:manageability_software_development_kit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:hyper-v:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-40304 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40304
HT213531 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531
HT213533 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533
HT213534 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534
HT213535 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535
HT213536 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536
ntap-20221209-0003 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/
RHSA-2022:8841 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8841
RHSA-2023:0173 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0173
RHSA-2023:0338 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0338
RHSA-2024:0413 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0413
tags https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
USN-5760-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5760-1/
USN-5760-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5760-2/
v2.10.3 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-40304.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40304
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221209-0003/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213531
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213533
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213534
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213535
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-28T19:47:33Z/ Found at https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213536
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.2415
EPSS Score 0.00079
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:36:08.067593+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/5760-2/ 37.0.0