CVE-2022-40152

Published Sep 16, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. 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.
Source
cve-coordination@google.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-787
cve-coordination@google.com
CWE-121

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations