CVE-2022-40156: Denial of Service due to parser crash

CVE-2022-40156 · Severity: info · Published 2022-09-17

Denial of Service due to parser crash

Technologies: com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2022-40156 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-40156 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2022-40156?
Informational severity, published 17 September 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.0.0,fixed=6.4.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2022-40156?
Yes. com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven): upgrade to 6.4.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2022-40156?
Check whether you run com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven): upgrade to 6.4.0 or later
    # set com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core to 6.4.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.0.0,fixed=6.4.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2022-40156
  • GHSA-4rv7-wj6m-6c6r

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