Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-11471.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-11471
Upstream
Published
2022-11-23T00:15:11Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:07:03.109194Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2022-40303 affecting package libxml2 for versions less than 2.10.3-1
Details

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XMLPARSEHUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/libxml2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.3-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-11471.json"