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USN-5638-3 (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-43680)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-11-23 15:09 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
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Summary
expat vulnerability
Details

USN-5638-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-43680) This update also fixes a minor regression introduced in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Rhodri James discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory when processing certain malformed XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

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