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CVE-2022-23462
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-10-21T22:15:09.540 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:30:10.367

Summary

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

softmotions — iowow

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References

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