GHSA-7HWC-46RM-65JH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-06-30 22:48 – Updated: 2025-05-23 19:00
VLAI?
Summary
Denial of service in XStream
Details

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("") call.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-7957"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-30T22:47:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-04-29T19:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "XStream through 1.4.9, when a certain denyTypes workaround is not used, mishandles attempts to create an instance of the primitive type \u0027void\u0027 during unmarshalling, leading to a remote application crash, as demonstrated by an xstream.fromXML(\"\u003cvoid/\u003e\") call.",
  "id": "GHSA-7hwc-46rm-65jh",
  "modified": "2025-05-23T19:00:16Z",
  "published": "2020-06-30T22:48:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7957"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/6e546ec366419158b1e393211be6d78ab9604ab"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/8542d02d9ac5d384c85f4b33d6c1888c53bd55d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/b3570be2f39234e61f99f9a20640756ea71b1b4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Denial of service in XStream"
}


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