CVE-2022-23462

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120 CWE-121 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 21, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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