CVE-2022-24839
org.nokogiri:nekohtml vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Description
## Summary The fork of `org.cyberneko.html` used by Nokogiri (Rubygem) raises a `java.lang.OutOfMemoryError` exception when parsing ill-formed HTML markup. ## Severity The maintainers have evaluated this as [**High Severity** 7.5 (CVSS3.1)](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). ## Mitigation Upgrade to `>= 1.9.22.noko2`. ## Credit This vulnerability was reported by [이형관 (windshock)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/windshock/). ## References [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ## Notes The upstream library `org.cyberneko.html` is no longer maintained. Nokogiri uses its own fork of this library located at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml and this CVE applies only to that fork. Other forks of nekohtml may have a similar vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-24839
To remediate CVE-2022-24839, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.9.22.noko2 or later
Is CVE-2022-24839 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- from 0, < 1.9.22.noko2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |