Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affecting org.kordamp.json:json-lib-core package, versions [,3.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGKORDAMPJSON-8162004
  • published 4 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 4 Oct 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.kordamp.json:json-lib-core to version 3.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption due to the mishandling of unbalanced comment strings in JSONTokener.java. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by injecting malformed input that exploits this flaw.

References

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None