What is CVE-2022-40152?

CVE-2022-40152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fasterxml Woodstox, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-40152?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-40152 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Fasterxml Woodstox

CVE-2022-40152

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.197 (97.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve-coordination@google.com (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve-coordination@google.com (Permissions Required, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40152?: CVE-2022-40152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fasterxml Woodstox, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-40152?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40152 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.