CVE-2022-23437

There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - security@apache.org

Published

2022-01-24

Last modified

2026-10-08

Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected products

• Xerces-j (Apache)
• Apache Xerces (Apache Software Foundation)
• Active Iq Unified Manager (Netapp)
• Agile Engineering Data Management (Oracle)
• Agile Product Lifecycle Management (Oracle)
• Banking Deposits And Lines Of Credit Servicing (Oracle)
• Banking Party Management (Oracle)
• Communications Asap (Oracle)
• Communications Element Manager (Oracle)
• Communications Session Report Manager (Oracle)
• Communications Session Route Manager (Oracle)
• Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (Oracle)
• Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform (Oracle)
• Financial Services Crime And Compliance Management Studio (Oracle)
• Financial Services Enterprise Case Management (Oracle)
• Flexcube Universal Banking (Oracle)
• Global Lifecycle Management Nextgen Oui Framework (Oracle)
• Global Lifecycle Management Opatch (Oracle)
• Health Sciences Information Manager (Oracle)
• Ilearning (Oracle)
• Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools (Oracle)
• Primavera Gateway (Oracle)
• Product Lifecycle Analytics (Oracle)
• Retail Bulk Data Integration (Oracle)
• Retail Extract Transform And Load (Oracle)
• Retail Financial Integration (Oracle)
• Retail Integration Bus (Oracle)
• Retail Merchandising System (Oracle)
• Retail Service Backbone (Oracle)
• Weblogic Server (Oracle)

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread/6pjwm10bb69kq955fzr1n0nflnjd27dl
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/3
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0005/