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TI-2023-25007 Aliases CVE-2023-46442GHSA-hfg7-j82c-fr3w

An infinite loop in the retrieveActiveBody function of Soot before v4.4.1 under Java 8…

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

An infinite loop in the retrieveActiveBody function of Soot before v4.4.1 under Java 8 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00919 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.soot-oss:soot (Maven): 4.4.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.soot-oss:soot (Maven)before 4.4.14.4.1Patch availableGHSA-hfg7-j82c-fr3w
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.soot-oss:soot (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.4.1 Fixed in 4.4.1 Patch available GHSA-hfg7-j82c-fr3w

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:soot-oss:soot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*———
  • cpe:2.3:a:soot-oss:soot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hfg7-j82c-fr3w org.soot-oss:soot (Maven) Fixed in 4.4.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46442
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hfg7-j82c-fr3w

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

Sources

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