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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2022-23462 EUVD-2022-28532GHSA-6gqv-x5rh-36m4

Stack Buffer Overflow in iowow

Published Oct 21, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

IOWOW is a C utility library and persistent key/value storage engine. Versions 1.4.15 and prior contain a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for Denial of Service (DOS) when it parses scientific notation numbers present in JSON. A patch for this issue is available at commit a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd in the `master` branch of the repository. There are no workarounds other than applying the patch.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Softmotions iowow 1.4.15 – ≤ 1.4.15 —

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