USN-5455-1: libxmltok Ubuntu

Published

Published 19-07-2022Last modified 25-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

USN-5455-1 is a vulnerability in libxmltok Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Priority

Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

Not scored

010

No CVSS score recorded

EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 15 · Downstream 0 · Related 15

CVE-2012-1148 CVE-2015-1283 CVE-2016-0718 CVE-2016-4472 CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903+9 more

Timeline

19-07-2022
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
25-06-2026
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libxmltok vulnerabilities Tim Boddy, Gustavo Grieco and others discovered that Expat, that is integrated in xmltok library, incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. These issues were only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2012-1148, CVE-2015-1283, CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2018-20843, CVE-2019-15903, CVE-2021-46143, CVE-2022-22822, CVE-2022-22823, CVE-2022-22824, CVE-2022-22825, CVE-2022-22826, CVE-2022-22827) It was discovered that Expat, that is integrated in xmltok library, incorrectly handled encoding validation of certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25235) It was discovered that Expat, that is integrated in xmltok library, incorrectly handled namespace URIs of certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25236)