Resource exhaustion in Jettison
CVE-2022-40150
Those using Jettison to parse untrusted XML or JSON 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 Out of memory. This effect may support a denial of service attack.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Jettison — versions unspecified
- Jettison Project
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/jettison-json/jettison/issues/45 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00045.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5312 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-40150?
- CVE-2022-40150 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jettison, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-40150?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-40150 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.