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Out-of-bounds Write in com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core

CVE-2022-40151

  • com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core
  • com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream
High
7.5/10

Summary

Those using Xstream to serialize 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 and affects versions prior to 1.4.20.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published