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CVE-2023-2798

High

Description

Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS). If HtmlUnit is running on user supplied web pages, an attacker may supply content that causes HtmlUnit to crash by a stack overflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.This issue affects htmlunit before 2.70.0.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductHtmlunit
PublishedMay 25, 2023
First seenMay 25, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption

How to fix

Update
  • htmlunit htmlunit2.70.0 or later
  • org.htmlunit:htmlunit2.70.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
htmlunit htmlunitv < 2.70.02.70.0
org.htmlunit:htmlunitMavenv < 2.70.02.70.0

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