CVE-2022-2309
NULL Pointer Dereference in lxml/lxml
02 Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in lxml/lxml
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-07-05 09:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 16:09Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-07-05
- Assigning CNA
- @huntrdev
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6613a7c07a74db6380c35de6adfc99284de446b1b7f5387e1abd1a0615af56e1
05 Affected products
06 References
- huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/8264e74f-edda-4c40-9956-49de635105ba
- github.comhttps://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/86368e9cf70a0ad23cccd5ee32de847149af0c6f
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-06
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0006/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-ed0eeb6a20https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/URHHSIBTPTALXMECRLAC2EVDNAFSR5NO/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-ed17f59c1dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HGYC6L7ENH5VEGN3YWFBYMGKX6WNS7HZ/
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00021.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 9
- python3-lxml Fixed in 4.6.5-3.el9
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- python3-lxml Fixed in 4.6.5-3.el9
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1
- lxml Fixed in 4.9.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
- lxml Fixed in 4.9.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
- lxml Fixed in 4.9.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
- lxml No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- lxml No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- lxml No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- lxml No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- lxml No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.