Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2022 · Assigned by Google
CVE-2022-40149Stack Buffer Overflow in Jettison
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in Jettison from Jettison. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Those using Jettison to parse untrusted XML or JSON data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libjettison-java | 1.5.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Debian:13 | libjettison-java | 1.5.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Debian:14 | libjettison-java | 1.5.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.jettison:jettison | 1.5.1 | GHSA-56h3-78gp-v83r |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libjettison-java | 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-6177-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libjettison-java | 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libjettison-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libjettison-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libjettison-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40149 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libjettison-java | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40149 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H