json-smart error-handling vulnerability
Issue date: 21-09-2021Affects versions: 14.6, 13.4, 12.6
Security Issue ID
SECURITY-247
Affected Product Version(s)
12.6.16, 13.4.9, 14.6.0 and previous releases.
Severity
medium
Description
An issue was discovered in netplex json-smart-v1 through 2015-10-23 and json-smart-v2 through 2.4. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught, as demonstrated by NumberFormatException. When it is not caught, it may cause programs using the library to crash or expose sensitive information.
Instructions
Customers using the 12.x, 13.x and 14.x major versions are recommended to upgrade to the latest version in that series.