CVE-2022-40152 – com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core

Package

Manager: maven
Name: com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core
Vulnerable Version: >=6.0.0 <6.4.0 || >=0 <5.4.0

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00567 pctl0.6755

Details

Denial of Service due to parser crash Those using FasterXML/woodstox to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack. This vulnerability is only relevant for users making use of the DTD parsing functionality.

Metadata

Created: 2022-09-17T00:00:41Z
Modified: 2025-05-23T19:05:46Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/09/GHSA-3f7h-mf4q-vrm4/GHSA-3f7h-mf4q-vrm4.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-121", "CWE-787"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-3f7h-mf4q-vrm4
Finding: F002
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