CVE-2022-40152

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-121
• nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references

• cve-coordination@google.com — Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• cve-coordination@google.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory