CVE-2022-45685

Exp

A stack overflow in Jettison before v1.5.2 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted JSON data.

Published: 2022-12-13 Last update: 2025-04-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-45685 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-45685

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-45685

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-22 0.23% 0.25% +0.02%
2 2026-04-24 0.13% 0.23% +0.11%
3 2025-11-21 0.13%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-45685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-45685

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-45685

GHSA-7rf3-mqpx-h7xg · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Jettison Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-45685

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-45685 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libjettison-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45685
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45685
suse high https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45685/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-45685 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjettison-java), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 4, needs-triage 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-45685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jettison_project jettison < 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:jettison_project:jettison:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-45685

URL Tags
https://github.com/jettison-json/jettison/issues/54 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00045.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5312 Third Party Advisory
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