CVE-2023-5072

DoS Vulnerability in JSON-Java

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Denial of Service in JSON-Java versions up to and including 20230618. A bug in the parser means that an input string of modest size can lead to indefinite amounts of memory being used.

Denegación de Servicio (DoS) en versiones JSON-Java hasta 20230618 incluida. Un error en el analizador significa que una cadena de entrada de tamaño modesto puede provocar el uso de cantidades indefinidas de memoria.

A flaw was found in the org.json package. A bug in the parser exists, and an input string may lead to undefined usage of memory, leading to an out-of-memory error, causing a denial of service (DoS).

Red Hat Integration Camel K 1.10.5 release and security update is now available. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-19 CVE Reserved
2023-10-12 CVE Published
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-02-13 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

CAPEC-197: Exponential Data Expansion

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/4
https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/758	Issue Tracking
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/issues/771	2025-02-13

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5072	2024-07-02
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246417	2024-07-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Json-java Project Search vendor "Json-java Project"		Json-java Search vendor "Json-java Project" for product "Json-java"				<= 20230618 Search vendor "Json-java Project" for product "Json-java" and version " <= 20230618"		-		Affected