Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
High USN-5422-1 2 CVEs

libxml2 vulnerabilities

Published May 16, 2022 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

Shinji Sato discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2022-23308)

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-29824)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.6
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.3
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS libxml2 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS libxml2 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23308
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29824