GHSA-h65f-jvqw-m9fjMediumCVSS 6.5

Infinite Loop in Apache Xerces Java

Published
January 27, 2022
Last Modified
June 22, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-23437 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

  • maven/xerces:xercesImpl:< 2.12.2

🔗 References (7)