High
libwoodstox-java — security advisory
Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.
- Products
- libwoodstox-java
- Affected versions
- 1:6.2.1-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-40152
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40152
libwoodstox-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
libwoodstox-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
libwoodstox-java
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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