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.
Published: 2022-10-21
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-28532 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.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00063}

epss

{'score': 0.00079}


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Softmotions Iowow
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-22T17:18:13.607Z

Reserved: 2022-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-23462

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-21T22:15:09.540

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:48:36.507

Link: CVE-2022-23462

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