CVE-2022-49043

Publication date 26 January 2025

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

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Description

xmlXIncludeAddNode in xinclude.c in libxml2 before 2.11.0 has a use-after-free.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml2	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.8
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm7
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm7

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxml2	Upstream: 5a19e21

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H