Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Spray JSON

published 2022-06-28 4y ago modified 2025-09-30 last yr. also GHSA-ww3v-6xjf-jv28

cvss: —; not scored
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: —; no EPSS score yet
public exploits: 0; none known

Recursive decent parsers are susceptible too StackOverflowExceptions on too deeply nested structures as currently "open" parsing state is kept on the stack.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4 links 1

maven io.spray:spray-json_2.10 1.3.5
maven io.spray:spray-json_2.11 1.3.5
maven io.spray:spray-json_2.12 1.3.5
maven io.spray:spray-json_2.13.0-M5 1.3.5

github.com/spray/spray-json#284 pull request

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Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.10	<1.3.5	1.3.5
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.11	<1.3.5	1.3.5
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.11.0-RC4	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.12	<1.3.5	1.3.5
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.12.0-M3	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.12.0-M5	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.12.0-RC1	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.12.0-RC2	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.13.0-M2	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.13.0-M4	all versions	no fix listed
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.13.0-M5	<1.3.5	1.3.5
maven	io.spray:spray-json_2.9.3	all versions	no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com /spray/spray-json/pull/284
web
github.com /spray/spray-json
package
security.snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JAVA-IOSPRAY-72601
web

Sources

GitHub Advisory GHSA-ww3v-6xjf-jv28

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