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libjettison-java — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libjettison-java
- Affected versions
- 1.2-3, 1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.4.0-1, 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1, 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1.4.1-1, 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1.5.4-1
- Fixed versions
- 1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2, 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1, 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-1436
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1436
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: 1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
libjettison-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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