ALT-PU-2025-5913-3
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2022-01-24
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
CVE-2022-23437
There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.
Severity: MEDIUM (6.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- [oss-security] 20220124 CVE-2022-23437: Infinite loop within Apache XercesJ xml parser
- [oss-security] 20220124 CVE-2022-23437: Infinite loop within Apache XercesJ xml parser
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/6pjwm10bb69kq955fzr1n0nflnjd27dl
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/6pjwm10bb69kq955fzr1n0nflnjd27dl
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0005/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0005/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html