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CVE-2022-40151

Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Published

2022-09-16T10:15:09.817

Last Modified

2025-05-23T16:51:48.300

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-121
Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xstream	xstream	< 1.4.20	Yes

References

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367 Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367 Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)