CVE-2022-40152
Stack Buffer Overflow in Woodstox
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 16, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 7, 2022
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Weaknesses
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Woodstoxxstream |
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References
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