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CVE-2022-42920: Out-of-bounds Write

November 7, 2022

Apache Commons BCEL has a number of APIs that would normally only allow changing specific class characteristics. However, due to an out-of-bounds writing issue, these APIs can be used to produce arbitrary bytecode. This could be abused in applications that pass attacker-controllable data to those APIs, giving the attacker more control over the resulting bytecode than otherwise expected. Update to Apache Commons BCEL 6.6.0.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-97xg-phpr-rg8q
  • github.com/apache/commons-bcel/pull/147
  • issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-363
  • lists.apache.org/thread/lfxk7q8qmnh5bt9jm6nmjlv5hsxjhrz4
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42920

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.6.0

Fixed versions

  • 6.6.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.6.0 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Source file

maven/org.apache.bcel/bcel/CVE-2022-42920.yml

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