{"id":"CVE-2022-39259","aliases":["EUVD-2022-7005","GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx"],"status":"published","title":"Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via  Swing HTML rendering","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.0033,"percentile":0.26315,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"published":"2022-10-20T18:20:28Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:27:28Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api","fixed_in":["1.4.5"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.4.4"},{"fixed":"1.4.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.5"}]}],"versions":["1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.3.4","1.3.5","1.4.0","1.4.1","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"jadx_project","product":"jadx"},{"vendor":"skylot","product":"jadx"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/skylot/jadx/security/advisories/GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.5","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39259","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39259.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/skylot/jadx","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-39259","title":"Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via  Swing HTML rendering","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-10-21T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-04-22T17:18:05.407Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:39.233406Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-7005","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-10-21T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-04-22T17:18:05Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:52:16.055056Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx","title":"Jadx-gui vulnerable to swing HTML Denial of Service (DoS) attack","description":"### Impact\nUsing jadx-gui to open a special zip file with entry containing HTML sequence like `\u003chtml\u003e\u003cframe\u003e` will cause interface to get stuck and throw exceptions like:\n```\njava.lang.RuntimeException: Can't build aframeset, BranchElement(frameset) 1,3\n:no ROWS or COLS defined.\n\tat java.desktop/javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit$HTMLFactory.create(HTMLEditorKit.java:1387)\n\tat java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML$BasicHTMLViewFactory.create(BasicHTML.java:379)\n\tat java.desktop/javax.swing.text.CompositeView.loadChildren(CompositeView.java:112)\n```\n\n### References\nhttps://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html\n\nGuideline 3-7 / INJECT-7: Disable HTML display in Swing components:\n\nMany Swing pluggable look-and-feels interpret text in certain components starting with \u003chtml\u003e 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.\n\nTo disable the HTML render feature, set the \"html.disable\" client property of each component to Boolean.TRUE (no other Boolean true instance will do).\n```java\nlabel.putClientProperty(\"html.disable\", true);\n```\n\n","status":"published","published":"2022-10-20T18:20:28Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:02:56Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:27.500048Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-39259","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-10-21T23:15:09.357Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:58:01.193Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:31.127985Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-39259","title":"Jadx-gui subject to Denial of Service via  Swing HTML rendering","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-10-21T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:27:28.762523705Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:26.53798Z"},{"id":"GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx","title":"Jadx-gui vulnerable to swing HTML Denial of Service (DoS) attack","description":"### Impact\nUsing jadx-gui to open a special zip file with entry containing HTML sequence like `\u003chtml\u003e\u003cframe\u003e` will cause interface to get stuck and throw exceptions like:\n```\njava.lang.RuntimeException: Can't build aframeset, BranchElement(frameset) 1,3\n:no ROWS or COLS defined.\n\tat java.desktop/javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit$HTMLFactory.create(HTMLEditorKit.java:1387)\n\tat java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML$BasicHTMLViewFactory.create(BasicHTML.java:379)\n\tat java.desktop/javax.swing.text.CompositeView.loadChildren(CompositeView.java:112)\n```\n\n### References\nhttps://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html\n\nGuideline 3-7 / INJECT-7: Disable HTML display in Swing components:\n\nMany Swing pluggable look-and-feels interpret text in certain components starting with \u003chtml\u003e 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.\n\nTo disable the HTML render feature, set the \"html.disable\" client property of each component to Boolean.TRUE (no other Boolean true instance will do).\n```java\nlabel.putClientProperty(\"html.disable\", true);\n```\n\n","status":"published","published":"2022-10-20T18:20:28Z","modified":"2024-12-01T05:32:55.983296Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:36.092962Z"}]}}