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CVE-2022-40152· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Google

Stack Buffer Overflow in Woodstox

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 18.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.2% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven) 6.4.0, 5.4.0; woodstox-core (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 7.2.1-1.1; eap7-activemq-artemis (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7) 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core (Maven) 6.4.0, 5.4.0; woodstox-core (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 7.2.1-1.1; eap7-activemq-artemis (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7) 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 16, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
18.2% · 97th percentile

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Action score

35

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
5 / 30 · 18.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · Google
6.5
1.0 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
xstreamxstream
fasterxmlwoodstox

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • fasterxml woodstoxbefore 5.4.0
  • fasterxml woodstox6.0.0 and later · before 6.4.0
  • xstream xstreambefore 1.4.20

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Google). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • xstream Woodstox

    • unspecified and later · before 6.4.0affected
    • unspecified and later · before 5.4.0affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12libwoodstox-javafrom 0—
Mavencom.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-corefrom 6.0.0 · before 6.4.06.4.0
Mavencom.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-corebefore 5.4.05.4.0
openSUSE:Tumbleweedwoodstox-corebefore 7.2.1-1.17.2.1-1.1
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemisbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-clibefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-commonsbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-core-clientbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-dtobefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocolbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocolbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-jdbc-storebefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-clientbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-serverbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-journalbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-nativebefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-rabefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-selectorbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-serverbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-activemq-artemis-service-extensionsbefore 0:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-artemis-nativebefore 1:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el71:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-artemis-native-debuginfobefore 1:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el71:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-artemis-native-wildflybefore 1:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el71:1.5.5.016-1.redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_eus:7.1::el7eap7-jboss-xnio-basebefore 0:3.5.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el70:3.5.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

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xstream: all records

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-43859Feb 1, 2022 · Denial of Service by injecting highly recursive collections or maps in XStream
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-40151Sep 16, 2022 · Stack Buffer Overflow in xstream
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-41966Dec 27, 2022 · XStream Denial of Service via stack overflow
    33Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Maven:com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core5.4.0Package registry (OSV)
Maven:com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core6.4.0Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:woodstox-core7.2.1-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-apache-sshd0:2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-elytron-web0:1.9.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-hal-console0:3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-hibernate-search0:5.10.13-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-hibernate-search-backend-jgroups0:5.10.13-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-hibernate-search-backend-jms0:5.10.13-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-hibernate-search-engine0:5.10.13-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-jackson-databind0:2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-jettison0:1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-wildfly-elytron0:1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool0:1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:eap7-woodstox-core0:6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7Package registry (OSV)
suse:cobbler3.1.2-150300.5.19.1 · SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:mgr-osad4.2.9-150300.2.12.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:rhnlib4.2.7-150300.4.12.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacecmd4.2.21-150300.4.33.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacewalk-backend4.2.26-150300.4.35.6 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacewalk-certs-tools4.2.19-150300.3.27.4 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacewalk-client-tools4.2.22-150300.4.30.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacewalk-proxy4.2.13-150300.3.24.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacewalk-proxy-installer4.2.11-150300.3.14.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacewalk-web4.2.32-150300.3.36.4 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:susemanager-build-keys15.3.6-150300.3.6.2 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:uyuni-common-libs4.2.9-150300.3.14.1 · SUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days-1% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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