CVE-2022-40304 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-40304

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libxml2, active iq unified manager, clustered data ontap, clustered data ontap antivirus connector, manageability software development kit, smi-s provider, snapmanager, h300s firmware, h500s firmware, h700s firmware, h410s firmware, h410c firmware, ipados, iphone os, macos, tvos, watchos
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 11.0, 12.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 23rd, 2022
Last Modified: April 28th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.