storeAtts in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2022-22827
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-02-10. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 41(Track)EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 85.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 10, 2022
Last Modified
May 5, 2025
References (12)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/3
- cve@mitrehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/539
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
- cve@mitrehttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/539
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-22827(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:22871Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
- RHSA-2025:22785Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
- RHSA-2022:7144Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 security update
- RHBA-2022:4046Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: new packages: expat
- RHSA-2022:1069Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libxmltok1-dev (1.2-3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | lib64expat1 (2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libxmltok1-dev (1.2-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm4) @ jammy | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-1.el8_2 | 2025-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-1.el8_4 | 2025-12-04 | redhat |
| redhat | xmlrpc-c-0:1.51.0-8.el8 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
| redhat | expat | 2022-10-26 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-12.el9_0 | 2022-05-17 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.1.0-14.el7_9 | 2022-03-28 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3 | 2022-03-16 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:0951MODERATE2022-01-15
RHSA-2022:0951 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7692MODERATE2022-01-15
RHSA-2022:7692 — Moderate
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-228272022-01-14
storeAtts in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
- UbuntuUSN-5288-1MEDIUM
Expat vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5455-1MEDIUM
xmltok library vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-7199-1MEDIUM
xmltok library vulnerabilities
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