Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-1370 |
CWE-ID | CWE-674 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
json-smart Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers |
Vendor | netplex |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU75044
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1370
CWE-ID:
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when processing nested arrays and objects. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted JSON data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsjson-smart: 2.2 - 2.4.8
External linkshttp://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/stack-exhaustion-in-json-smart-leads-to-denial-of-service-when-parsing-malformed-json-xray-427633/
http://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v2/commit/5b3205d051952d3100aa0db1535f6ba6226bd87a
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.