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Vulnerability details: VCID-zdee-murq-j7ay
Vulnerability ID VCID-zdee-murq-j7ay
Aliases CVE-2022-23990
Summary Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-23990.json
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
epss 0.03519 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
ssvc Track https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551
ssvc Track https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23990
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23990
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
ssvc Track https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
ssvc Track https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
ssvc Track https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-23990.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23990
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45960
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-46143
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22822
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22823
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22824
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22825
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22826
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22827
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23852
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23990
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
202209-24 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
2048356 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2048356
34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
551 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_metasolv_solution:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_metasolv_solution:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinema_remote_connect_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinema_remote_connect_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-23990 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23990
dsa-5073 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
RHSA-2022:7144 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7144
RHSA-2022:7811 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7811
ssa-484086.pdf https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
tns-2022-05 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
USN-5288-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5288-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-23990.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/551
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NXVL2RZC2YZRV74ZQ3RNFB7WCEUP7D/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7FF2UH7MPXKTADYSJUAHI2Y5UHBSHUH/
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23990
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23990
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:27:20Z/ Found at https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8719
EPSS Score 0.03519
Published At Aug. 15, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:29:35.239435+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.18/main.json 37.0.0