CVE-2022-40151

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductXstream
PublishedSep 16, 2022
First seenSep 16, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-121CWE-121

How to fix

Update
  • xstream xstream1.4.20 or later
  • com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream1.4.20 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xstream xstreamv < 1.4.201.4.20
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamMavenv < 1.4.201.4.20

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