CVE-2022-23462
- Reference to the description:
- Description:
- IOWOW is a C utility library and persistent key/value storage engine. Versions 1.4.15 and prior contain a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for Denial of Service (DOS) when it parses scientific notation numbers present in JSON. A patch for this issue is available at commit a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd in the `master` branch of the repository. There are no workarounds other than applying the patch.
- Last updated date:
- 10/24/2022
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 10/24/2022
- Reference url to background
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-066_iowow/