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High ALSA-2022:6838 1 CVE

Important: expat security update

Published Oct 6, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 expat 2.2.10-12.el9_0.3
AlmaLinux · 9 expat-devel 2.2.10-12.el9_0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40674
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2130769
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-6838.html