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CVE-2023-2798
May 25, 2023
Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS). If HtmlUnit is running on user supplied web pages, an attacker may supply content that causes HtmlUnit to crash by a stack overflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.This issue affects htmlunit before 2.70.0.
Affected Packages
htmlunit:htmlunit (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.3 <=1.13
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version no_fix
net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.14 <2.70.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.70.0
Related Resources (5)
https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/releases/tag/2.70.0
https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=54613
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2798
https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/commit/940dc7fd
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07