CVE-2023-46442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An infinite loop in the retrieveActiveBody function of Soot before v4.4.1 under Java 8 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02104.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Soot-oss Subscribe	Soot Subscribe

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-1645	An infinite loop in the retrieveActiveBody function of Soot before v4.4.1 under Java 8 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
Github GHSA	GHSA-hfg7-j82c-fr3w	Soot Infinite Loop vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/JAckLosingHeart/CVE-2023-46442_POC/tree/main
https://github.com/soot-oss/soot

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Soot-oss Soot-oss soot
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:soot-oss:soot::::::::
Vendors & Products		Soot-oss Soot-oss soot
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-400
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-05-24T16:18:27.291Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T15:46:55.383Z

Reserved: 2023-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46442

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:41.910Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-24T17:15:45.367

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:31.293

Link: CVE-2023-46442

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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