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CVE-2022-25235

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.96% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-02-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2022-25235
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.96%

Original NVD Description

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.

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