CVE-2022-25235 (Critical) detected in buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0

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CVE-2022-25235 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0

Educational Linux Distribution

Library home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/buffalo-gpl/

Found in HEAD commit: 4decfd2fae9824215f9a330cac42dc72fe0aef70

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/lib/xmltok_impl.c

Vulnerability Details

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.

Publish Date: 2022-02-16

URL: CVE-2022-25235

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25235

Release Date: 2022-02-16

Fix Resolution: cmake - 3.19.5,3.17.3,3.22.0;cmake-native - 3.22.0,3.17.3,3.20.1;python3 - 3.8.2

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