HtmlUnit NekoHtml Parser before 2.61.0 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Crafted input associated with the parsing of Processing Instruction (PI) data leads to heap memory consumption. This is similar to CVE-2022-28366 but affects a much later version of the product.
CVE-2022-29546 - High Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - nekohtml-1.9.19.jar
An HTML parser and tag balancer.
Library home page: http://nekohtml.sourceforge.net/
Path to vulnerable library: /target/libs/provided/nekohtml-1.9.19.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **nekohtml-1.9.19.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 517ce877d9ca28b78d99878eae6078eb4dbd1e1b
Found in base branch: main
Vulnerability Details
HtmlUnit NekoHtml Parser before 2.61.0 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Crafted input associated with the parsing of Processing Instruction (PI) data leads to heap memory consumption. This is similar to CVE-2022-28366 but affects a much later version of the product.
Publish Date: 2022-04-25
URL: CVE-2022-29546
CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Release Date: 2022-04-25
Fix Resolution: net.sourceforge.htmlunit:neko-htmlunit:2.61.0
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