org.ini4j allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS)

HIGH 7.5CVE-2022-41404 · GHSA-jr6h-r7vg-f9mc · Published 11/10/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-41404 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting org.ini4j:ini4j, ini4j (ini4j project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.5.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.ini4j:ini4j Maven	`≤ 0.5.4`	No fix yet
ini4j ini4j_project	`< 0.5.4`	`0.5.4`

Description

An issue in the fetch() method in the BasicProfile class of org.ini4j before v0.5.4 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.

NVD description

An issue in the fetch() method in the BasicProfile class of org.ini4j through version v0.5.4 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41404 · ADVISORY
Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept · WEB
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00037.html · WEB
sourceforge.net/p/ini4j/bugs/56 · WEB
sourceforge.net/projects/ini4j · WEB
sourceforge.net/p/ini4j/bugs/56 · Exploit

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