Jadx-gui vulnerable to swing HTML Denial of Service (DoS) attack
Impact
Using jadx-gui to open a special zip file with entry containing HTML sequence like <html><frame> will cause interface to get stuck and throw exceptions like:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Can't build aframeset, BranchElement(frameset) 1,3
:no ROWS or COLS defined.
at java.desktop/javax.swing.text.html.HTMLEditorKit$HTMLFactory.create(HTMLEditorKit.java:1387)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicHTML$BasicHTMLViewFactory.create(BasicHTML.java:379)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.text.CompositeView.loadChildren(CompositeView.java:112)
References
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/seccodeguide.html
Guideline 3-7 / INJECT-7: Disable HTML display in Swing components:
Many Swing pluggable look-and-feels interpret text in certain components starting with <html> 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.
To disable the HTML render feature, set the "html.disable" client property of each component to Boolean.TRUE (no other Boolean true instance will do).
label.putClientProperty("html.disable", true);
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api | < 1.4.5 | 1.4.5 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
-- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api- Disclosed
- 20.10.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3r7j-8mqh-6qhx - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: io.github.skylot:jadx-plugins-api
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
This is the only known vulnerability of this package.
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