CVE•Published 2022-01-24•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-23852Libexpat_project · Libexpat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
91
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 9% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.
Timeline
Published 2022-01-24
Modified 2026-10-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag3 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-23852Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Libexpat Project Libexpat"All exposed Libexpat Project Libexpat instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Libexpat"HTTP body or banner mentions "Libexpat" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-23852Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-23852Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-23852Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-23852GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-23852" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.