Description
HtmlUnit NekoHtml Parser before 2.61.0 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Crafted input associated with the parsing of Processing Instruction (PI) data leads to heap memory consumption. This is similar to CVE-2022-28366 but affects a much later version of the product.
Published: 2022-04-25
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1649 HtmlUnit NekoHtml Parser before 2.61.0 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Crafted input associated with the parsing of Processing Instruction (PI) data leads to heap memory consumption. This is similar to CVE-2022-28366 but affects a much later version of the product.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6jmm-mp6w-4rrg OutOfMemory Exception by specifically crafted processing instruction in NekoHtml Parser
History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Htmlunit Htmlunit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T22:04:14.906Z

Reserved: 2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-29546

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:26:06.394Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-25T03:15:07.840

Modified: 2026-11-02T22:17:13.707

Link: CVE-2022-29546

cve-icon Redhat

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