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CVE-2017-7957

XStream through 1.4.9, when a certain denyTypes workaround is not used, mishandles attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling, leading to a remote application crash, as demonstrated by an xstream.fromXML("<void/>") call.

Published

2017-04-29T19:59:00.167

Last Modified

2025-05-23T17:54:30.910

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	fuse	1.0	Yes
Application	redhat	jboss_middleware	1	Yes
Application	xstream	xstream	≤ 1.4.9	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link ([email protected])
http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749 Permissions Required, Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749 Permissions Required, Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)