ALSA-2022:6878

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    ALSA-2022:6878

    Published: 11 Oct 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: expat security update

    Details: Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. Security Fix(es): * expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6878, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40674, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2130769, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-6878.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/expat

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.5-8.el8_6.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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