DoS Vulnerability in JSON-Java

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5072",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DoS Vulnerability in JSON-Java",
    "summary": "Denial of Service in JSON-Java versions up to and including 20230618. A bug in the parser means that an input string of modest size can lead to indefinite amounts of memory being used.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-5072",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        }
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      "affected": [
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/stleary/json-java",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
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                  "last_affected": "a963115ac2527dee688f54f7c1150d6f25b887c1"
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                        "last_affected": "20230618"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "20230618",
            "20230227",
            "20220924",
            "20220320",
            "20211205",
            "20210307",
            "20201115",
            "20200518",
            "20190722",
            "20180813",
            "20180130",
            "20171018",
            "20170516",
            "20160810",
            "20160807",
            "20160212",
            "20151123",
            "20150729"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.930189851Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5072.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5072",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/",
        "https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/758",
        "https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/771"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-770"
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        "cna_assigner": "Google",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 521846,
  "published_at": "2023-10-12T16:13:27.974+00:00"
}