CVE-2022-29249

Description

### Impact This weakness allows the force decryption of locked text by hackers. The issue is NOT critical for non-secure applications, however may be critical in a situation where the highest levels of security are required. This issue ONLY affects v1.6 and does not affect anything pre-1.6. Upgrading to 1.7 is advised. ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in release 1.7. ### Workarounds Currently there is no way to fix the issue without upgrading. ### References [CWE-327](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327.html) [CWE-328](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/328.html) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [our issue tracker](http://github.com/JavaEZLib/JavaEZ/issues) * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

How to fix CVE-2022-29249

To remediate CVE-2022-29249, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.7 or later

Is CVE-2022-29249 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• >= 1.6, < 1.7

CVSS scores

References (4)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29249
• PATCHgithub.com/JavaEZLib/JavaEZ
• WEBgithub.com/JavaEZLib/JavaEZ/releases/tag/1.7
• WEBgithub.com/JavaEZLib/JavaEZ/security/advisories/GHSA-67fj-6w6m-w5j8