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ghsa-h65f-jvqw-m9fj

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-01-27 16:13

Modified

2023-06-22 19:15

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

Infinite Loop in Apache Xerces Java

Details

There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.

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  "modified": "2023-06-22T19:15:05Z",
  "published": "2022-01-27T16:13:07Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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cve-2022-23437

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-01-24 00:00

Modified

2024-08-03 03:43

Severity ?

Summary

Infinite loop within Apache XercesJ xml parser

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://lists.apache.org/thread/6pjwm10bb69kq955fzr1n0nflnjd27dl
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/3	mailing-list
	https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
	https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0005/

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Xerces

Version: Apache XercesJ <

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