CVE-2023-1436 Infinite recursion in Jettison leads to denial of service when creating a crafted JSONArray

2023-03-1620:59:51

CWE-674

JFROG

www.cve.org

jettison

denial of service

jsonarray

stackoverflowerror

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.6%

JSON

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://mvnrepository.com",
    "vendor": "jettison",
    "product": "jettison",
    "packageName": "org.codehaus.jettison:jettison",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "1.5.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "maven"
      }
    ]
  }
]