Eclipse Parsson 1.0.4/1.1.3 Stack Overflow DoS
CVE-2023-7272 Published on July 17, 2024
Eclipse Parsson stack overflow with deeply nested objects
In Eclipse Parsson before 1.0.4 and 1.1.3, a document with a large depth of nested objects can allow an attacker to cause a Java stack overflow exception and denial of service. Eclipse Parsson allows processing (e.g. parse, generate, transform and query) JSON documents.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-7272 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. 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 Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2023-7272 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-7272
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Affected Versions
Eclipse Foundation Parsson:- Before and including 1.0.3 is affected.
- Version 1.1.0, <= 1.1.2 is affected.
- Before and including 1.0.3 is affected.
- Version 1.1.0, <= 1.1.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.