Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting net.sourceforge.htmlcleaner:htmlcleaner package, versions [,2.29)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-NETSOURCEFORGEHTMLCLEANER-5710357
  • published15 Jun 2023
  • disclosed14 Jun 2023
  • creditPoppingSnack

Introduced: 14 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-34624  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade net.sourceforge.htmlcleaner:htmlcleaner to version 2.29 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow when parsing untrusted HTML String, via a crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1