7.5

CVE-2023-1436: Infinite recursion in Jettison leads to denial of service when creating a crafted JSONArray

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-1436USN-6179-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1436
Published 16-03-2023Last modified 26-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-1436 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in jettison_project jettison. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 1
RHSA-2023:3622RHSA-2023:3663RHSA-2023:4505RHSA-2023:4506RHSA-2023:4507RHSA-2023:4918

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.01% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (research.jfrog.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard2 products
  • druid< 35.0.1-r0 | < 35.0.0-r0 | < 35.0.1-r5 | < 34.0.0-r6
  • hadoop-fips-3.3.6All versions (No fix recorded)
Opensuse2 products
  • jettison&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 1.5.4-150200.3.7.1
  • jettison&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.5.4-1.1
Debian1 product
  • libjettison-javaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.5.4-1
Jettison1 product
Jettison_project1 product
Org.codehaus.jettison1 product
  • jettison< 1.5.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • libjettison-java< 1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2 | < 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1 | < 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi1 product
  • druid< 35.0.1-r0 | < 35.0.0-r0 | < 35.0.1-r5 | < 34.0.0-r6

8 vendors · 10 products

References

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