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CVE-2022-23462

MEDIUM

6.2

Description

IOWOW is a C utility library and persistent key/value storage engine. Versions 1.4.15 and prior contain a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for Denial of Service (DOS) when it parses scientific notation numbers present in JSON. A patch for this issue is available at commit a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd in the `master` branch of the repository. There are no workarounds other than applying the patch.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.2

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published10/21/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

softmotions:iowow

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120CWE-121CWE-787

References

https://github.com/Softmotions/iowow/commit/a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd(security-advisories@github.com)

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-066_iowow/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/Softmotions/iowow/commit/a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-066_iowow/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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