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GHSA-h65f-jvqw-m9fj

Infinite Loop in Apache Xerces Java

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2022-23437

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Maven xerces:xercesImpl < 2.12.2 2.12.2

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

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.

References

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