CVE-2022-23476
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23476
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-23476.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-23476
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-12-08T03:03:24Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-22T18:25:57.726642Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Unchecked return value from xmlTextReaderExpand in Nokogiri
- Details
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Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Nokogiri
1.13.8and1.13.9fail to check the return value fromxmlTextReaderExpandin the methodNokogiri::XML::Reader#attribute_hash. This can lead to a null pointer exception when invalid markup is being parsed. For applications usingXML::Readerto parse untrusted inputs, this may potentially be a vector for a denial of service attack. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri>= 1.13.10. Users may be able to search their code for calls to eitherXML::Reader#attributesorXML::Reader#attribute_hashto determine if they are affected. - Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-252", "CWE-476" ] }- References