CVE-2022-40152 (High) detected in woodstox-core-6.2.6.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2022-40152 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - woodstox-core-6.2.6.jar

Woodstox is a high-performance XML processor that implements Stax (JSR-173), SAX2 and Stax2 APIs

Library home page: https://github.com/FasterXML/woodstox

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /radle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.fasterxml.woodstox/woodstox-core/6.2.6/d4a055af5dcadea8d1bded5b64bc7be5bb7fea95/woodstox-core-6.2.6.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ woodstox-core-6.2.6.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2022-09-16

URL: CVE-2022-40152

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

[cwperks]

There's active discussion on this issue in both the woodstox and xstream repos. I don't see a jar available with a patch.

xstream: x-stream/xstream#304
woodstox: FasterXML/woodstox#157

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.