CVE-2022-40150: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

September 17, 2022 (updated March 6, 2025)

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.

References

bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=46549
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x27m-9w8j-5vcw
github.com/jettison-json/jettison/issues/45
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40150

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