CVE-2022-40152

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  3. CVE-2022-40152
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.

6.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47434 Exploit Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47434 Exploit Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:woodstox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:woodstox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

23 May 2025, 16:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Xstream xstream
Xstream
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 07:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47434 - Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47434 - Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5

25 Nov 2022, 11:15

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Summary Those using Xstream 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. 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.
CWE CWE-787
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (CONFIRM) https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47434 - (CONFIRM) https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47434 - Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

16 Sep 2022, 10:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-09-16 10:15

Updated : 2025-05-23 16:51

NVD link : CVE-2022-40152

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40152

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-40152

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Products Affected

fasterxml

  • woodstox

xstream

  • xstream
CWE
CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write