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CVE-2022-22822

critical

addBinding in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

Vendor / product: Libexpat Project — libexpat

addBinding in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2022-01-10 14:12
Modified: 2026-10-14 16:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

libexpat_project / libexpat <2.4.3
tenable / nessus <8.15.3, ≥10.0.0 <10.1.1
siemens / sinema_remote_connect_server <3.1
debian / debian_linux 10.0, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/539
Patch / mitigation: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/539

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗

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