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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGKORDAMPJSON-8162004
  • published4 Oct 2024
  • disclosed4 Oct 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-47855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

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.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1