#1014390 navit: CVE-2022-30045 incorrect memory handling in ezml support leading to a heap out-of-bounds read

Package:
src:navit
Source:
navit
Submitter:
Neil Williams
Date:
2026-10-24 17:19:01 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#1014390#5
Date:
2022-07-05 09:17:32 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for navit.

CVE-2022-30045[0]:
| An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function
| ezxml_decode() performs incorrect memory handling while parsing
| crafted XML files, leading to a heap out-of-bounds read.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-30045
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-30045

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
#1014390#10
Date:
2026-10-24 17:15:49 UTC
From:
To:
navit doesn't use ezxml even though there is source code for it.

This line is in the build logs at least as far back as
0.5.0~svn4423+dfsg.1-1 in 2011:

Disabled  ezxml ( native Glib found )

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha