IOWOW is a C utility library and persistent key/value storage engine. Versions 1.4.15 and prior contain a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for Denial of Service (DOS) when it parses scientific notation numbers present in JSON. A patch for this issue is available at commit a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd in the `master` branch of the repository. There are no workarounds other than applying the patch.
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T17:18:13.607Z

Reserved: 2022-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-23462

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:43:45.979Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-21T22:15:09.540

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:30:10.367

Link: CVE-2022-23462

cve-icon Redhat

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