Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40304

High

Published: 23 November 2022

Published
23 November 2022
Modified
28 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40304 is a high-severity Double Free (CWE-415) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.

CWE(s)
CWE-415

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

xmlsoft
libxml2
≤ 2.10.3
netapp
active iq unified manager
all versions
netapp
clustered data ontap
all versions
netapp
clustered data ontap antivirus connector
all versions
netapp
manageability software development kit
all versions
netapp
smi-s provider
all versions
netapp
snapmanager
all versions
netapp
h300s firmware
all versions
netapp
h500s firmware
all versions
netapp
h700s firmware
all versions
+7 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References