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CVE-2023-5072

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5072 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting JSON-Java versions up to and including 20230618. A flaw in the parser allows a modestly sized input string to consume indefinite amounts of memory, leading to resource exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 20230618CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:stleary:json-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.json:jsonFixed in: 20231013
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7Fixed in: hawtio-war
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.6.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.13.0Fixed in: JSON-java
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K 1.10.5Fixed in: JSON-java
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.4Fixed in: JSON-java
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-Springboot 4.0.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.13.5 asyncFixed in: JSON-java
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2Fixed in: JSON-java
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Decision Manager 7Fixed in: JSON-java
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2Fixed in: JSON-java
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7Fixed in: JSON-java

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-4jq9-2xhw-jpx7high

Java: DoS Vulnerability in JSON-JAVA

Nov 14, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-5072Important

JSON-java: parser confusion leads to OOM

Oct 12, 2023

References

github.com / stleary/JSON-java/issues/758
Issue Tracking
github.com / stleary/JSON-java/issues/771
ExploitIssue Tracking
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20240621-0007
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/12/13/4