CVE-2022-40152
Denial of Service due to parser crash
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.80%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-40152
To remediate CVE-2022-40152, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
Is CVE-2022-40152 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |