Vulnerability in Htmlunit
CVE-2022-29546
HtmlUnit NekoHtml Parser before 2.61.0 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Crafted input associated with the parsing of Processing Instruction (PI) data leads to heap memory consumption. This is similar to CVE-2022-28366 but affects a much later version of the product.
EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Htmlunit
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-29546?
- CVE-2022-29546 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htmlunit. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-25.
- How severe is CVE-2022-29546?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-29546 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.