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🛡️ CVE-2022-25313 — debian-linux

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-674 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-25313 is classified as CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected software

CVE-2022-25313 is recorded against 6 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • fedora
  • http-server
  • libexpat (fixed in 2.4.5)
  • sinema-remote-connect-server (fixed in 3.1)
  • zfs-storage-appliance-kit

Timeline and source

Published on 18 February 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.openwall.com
cert-portal.siemens.com
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.gentoo.org
security.netapp.com
www.debian.org
www.oracle.com
www.openwall.com
cert-portal.siemens.com
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.gentoo.org
security.netapp.com
www.debian.org
www.oracle.com

Other advisories for this package

debian-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion) in other software:

CVE-2022-25313 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-674
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-02-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
fedora
http-server
libexpat 2.4.5
sinema-remote-connect-server 3.1
zfs-storage-appliance-kit

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/19/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/19/1

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