CVE-2022-23462CWE-120CWE-121

Stack Buffer Overflow in iowow

Medium · published October 21, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00749 · 54.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'); CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2022-10-21T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 OCT 00:00Z
    Stack Buffer Overflow in iowow
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