CVE-2022-39259
Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via Swing HTML rendering
jadx is a set of command line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files. versions prior to 1.4.5 are subject to a Denial of Service when opening zip files with HTML sequences. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.5. There are no known workarounds.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3.3
Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via Swing HTML rendering
jadx is a set of command line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files. versions prior to 1.4.5 are subject to a Denial of Service when opening zip files with HTML sequences. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.5. There are no known workarounds.
- Record
CVE-2022-39259- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-7005
3.3
jadx is a set of command line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files. versions prior to 1.4.5 are subject to a Denial of Service when opening zip files with HTML sequences. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.5. There are no known workarounds.
- Record
EUVD-2022-7005- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx
5.5
Jadx-gui vulnerable to swing HTML Denial of Service (DoS) attack
Impact
Using jadx-gui to open a special zip file with entry containing HTML sequence like <html><frame> will cause interface to get stuck and throw exceptions like:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't build aframeset, BranchElement(frameset) 1,3
:no ROWS or COLS defined.
at java.desktop/javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit$HTMLFactory.create(HTMLEditorKit.java:1387)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML$BasicHTMLViewFactory.create(BasicHTML.java:379)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.text.CompositeView.loadChildren(CompositeView.java:112)
References
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html
Guideline 3-7 / INJECT-7: Disable HTML display in Swing components:
Many Swing pluggable look-and-feels interpret text in certain components starting with <html> as HTML. If the text is from an untrusted source, an adversary may craft the HTML such that other components appear to be present or to perform inclusion attacks.
To disable the HTML render feature, set the "html.disable" client property of each component to Boolean.TRUE (no other Boolean true instance will do).
label.putClientProperty("html.disable", true);
- Record
GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
3.3
jadx is a set of command line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files. versions prior to 1.4.5 are subject to a Denial of Service when opening zip files with HTML sequences. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.5. There are no known workarounds.
- Record
CVE-2022-39259- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.3
Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via Swing HTML rendering
jadx is a set of command line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files. versions prior to 1.4.5 are subject to a Denial of Service when opening zip files with HTML sequences. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.5. There are no known workarounds.
- Record
CVE-2022-39259- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx
5.5
Jadx-gui vulnerable to swing HTML Denial of Service (DoS) attack
Impact
Using jadx-gui to open a special zip file with entry containing HTML sequence like <html><frame> will cause interface to get stuck and throw exceptions like:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't build aframeset, BranchElement(frameset) 1,3
:no ROWS or COLS defined.
at java.desktop/javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit$HTMLFactory.create(HTMLEditorKit.java:1387)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML$BasicHTMLViewFactory.create(BasicHTML.java:379)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.text.CompositeView.loadChildren(CompositeView.java:112)
References
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html
Guideline 3-7 / INJECT-7: Disable HTML display in Swing components:
Many Swing pluggable look-and-feels interpret text in certain components starting with <html> as HTML. If the text is from an untrusted source, an adversary may craft the HTML such that other components appear to be present or to perform inclusion attacks.
To disable the HTML render feature, set the "html.disable" client property of each component to Boolean.TRUE (no other Boolean true instance will do).
label.putClientProperty("html.disable", true);
- Record
GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-apiMaven |
through 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 |
io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-apiMaven |
before 1.4.5, plus listed versions 1.3.11.3.21.3.31.3.41.3.5 Show 5 moreShow less1.4.01.4.11.4.21.4.31.4.4 |
1.4.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-39259 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Jadx Project Jadx, published October 20, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. Fixed in io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api 1.4.5.
References
github.com/skylot/jadx/security/advisories/GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx
github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.5
oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39259
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39259.json
github.com/skylot/jadx