CVE-2024-47554: Apache Commons IO: Possible denial of service attack on untrusted input to XmlStreamReader

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons IO.

The org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class may excessively consume CPU resources when processing maliciously crafted input.

This issue affects Apache Commons IO: from 2.0 before 2.14.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.14.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-47554

Affected Products

Vendor: Apache Software Foundation

Product: Apache Commons IO

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/6ozr91rr9cj5lm0zyhv30bsp317hk5z1

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