CVE-2022-25313

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.

Published: 2022-02-18 Last update: 2025-05-30 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-25313 is rated Moderate Risk (59.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.27%). EPSS rose +3.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-25313

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.14% 3.27% +3.13%
2 2026-06-12 0.15% 0.14% -0.02%
3 2026-05-13 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (35 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-25313

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-25313

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-25313

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-25313: 1 source package rows (expat); 8 state rows across 8 repos (3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 8, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-25313
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-25313 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (expat, libxmltok), 7 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-25313
gentoo high CVE-2022-25313: 1 GLSA(s) (202209-24), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/expat); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-25313
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25313
suse medium CVE-2022-25313 severity moderate: SUSE including 389 source package names (0.0.17-1.1:libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.6.9, 0.1.6-1.2:libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.6.9, …), 954 product×package rows across 420 product lines (Container bci/bci-base-fips, Container bci/bci-init, … (420 product lines)): Fixed 786, Known Affected 168. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25313/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-25313 medium priority: Ubuntu including 24 source packages (apache2, apr-util, …), 337 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 103, DNE 87, needs-triage 67, ignored 59, released 21. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-25313

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-25313

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libexpat_project libexpat < 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle http_server 12.2.1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle http_server 12.2.1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens sinema_remote_connect_server < 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinema_remote_connect_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-25313

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/19/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/558 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UFRBA3UQVIQKXTBUQXDWQOVWNBKLERU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y27XO3JMKAOMQZVPS3B4MJGEAHCZF5OM/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0008/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5085 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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