Woodstox XML Parser DTD DOS Vulnerability
CVE-2022-40152 Published on September 16, 2022
Stack Buffer Overflow in Woodstox
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-40152 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2022-40152. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Overflow Vulnerability?
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
CVE-2022-40152 has been classified to as a Stack Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-40152
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Affected Versions
xstream Woodstox:- Version unspecified and below 6.4.0 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 5.4.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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