CVE-2022-40154: woodstox-core fixed in 6.4.0 and 5.4.0

CVE-2022-40154 REJECTED

Denial of Service via stack overflow

Record from NVD · Published September 16, 2022

woodstox-core is fixed in 6.4.0 and 5.4.0 (Maven Central)

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: This CVE has been rejected as it was incorrectly assigned. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

EPSS 0.88% · 27.0th percentile

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core	Maven Central	6.4.0, 5.4.0

Risk scores

EPSS Score

0.88%

27.0th percentile

Timeline

Sep 16, 2022 CVE Published
Sep 17, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
Nov 7, 2023 CVE Rejected
Nov 7, 2023 CVE Updated
Feb 13, 2025 PoC Published (2 in total, the first dated here)
Mar 17, 2026 Security Advisory (5 in total, the first dated here)
Nov 4, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)

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