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CVE-2024-47554

Apache Commons IO: Possible denial of service attack on untrusted input to XmlStreamReader

Severity Score

4.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons IO.

The org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class may excessively consume CPU resources when processing maliciously crafted input.


This issue affects Apache Commons IO: from 2.0 before 2.14.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.14.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

A vulnerability was found in the Apache Commons IO component in the org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class. Excessive CPU resource consumption can lead to a denial of service when an untrusted input is processed.

*Credits: CodeQL
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-09-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-03 CVE Published
  • 2024-10-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-10-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Apache Software Foundation
Search vendor "Apache Software Foundation"
 Apache Commons IO
Search vendor "Apache Software Foundation" for product "Apache Commons IO"
 >= 2.0.0 < 2.14.0
Search vendor "Apache Software Foundation" for product "Apache Commons IO" and version " >= 2.0.0 < 2.14.0"
en
Affected