vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2022-40152: woodstox-core: woodstox to serialise XML data was vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 16, 2022 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 16, 2022
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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