Vulnerability

CVE-2022-23437
CVSS Score 6.5 medium

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-835

[CVE-2022-23437] CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Description

There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.

See xerces/xercesImpl package information