CVE•Published 2022-09-14•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-40674Libexpat_project · Libexpat
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
82
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 18% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.
Timeline
Published 2022-09-14
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 tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-40674Hosts 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-2022-40674Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-40674Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-40674Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-40674GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-40674" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.