CVE-2023-1436 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-1436: Infinite recursion in Jettison leads to denial of service when creating a crafted JSONArray

Vendor Jettison
Product jettison
Weakness CWE-674
Published March 16, 2023
Last update February 26, 2025

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 16, 2023 CVE published
February 26, 2025 Record updated