CVE-2022-23437

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Published 2022-04-11 · Modified 2024-02-16
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23437

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23437.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.12.2-1
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed2.12.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2.12.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.12.2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsnokogiri<>= 1.13.4>= 1.13.4
java Mavenxerces:xercesImpl<2.12.22.12.2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.