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CVE-2022-39259

Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via Swing HTML rendering

3.3 LowFix available

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

0.33%Down 0.6 points since Oct 22, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 LowCVSS: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 LowCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS: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 LowCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api
Maven
through 1.4.4
1.4.5
io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api
Maven
before 1.4.5, plus listed versions
1.3.11.3.21.3.31.3.41.3.5
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1.4.01.4.11.4.21.4.31.4.4
1.4.5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE 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

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