GHSA-HFQ9-HGGM-C56Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-07 21:51 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:53
VLAI?
Summary
XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream
Details

Impact

The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to terminate the application with a stack overflow error resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream when XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver.

Patches

XStream 1.4.21 detects the manipulation in the binary input stream causing the the stack overflow and raises an InputManipulationException instead.

Workarounds

The only solution is to catch the StackOverflowError in the client code calling XStream if XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver.

References

See full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream's documentation for CVE-2024-47072.

Credits

Alexis Challande of Trail Of Bits found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
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        "name": "com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream"
      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-11-07T21:51:17Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-08T00:15:14Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\nThe vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to terminate the application with a stack overflow error resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream when XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver.\n\n### Patches\nXStream 1.4.21 detects the manipulation in the binary input stream causing the the stack overflow and raises an InputManipulationException instead.\n\n### Workarounds\nThe only solution is to catch the StackOverflowError in the client code calling XStream if XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver.\n\n### References\nSee full information about the nature of the vulnerability and the steps to reproduce it in XStream\u0027s documentation for [CVE-2024-47072](https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2024-47072.html).\n\n### Credits\nAlexis Challande of Trail Of Bits found and reported the issue to XStream and provided the required information to reproduce it.",
  "id": "GHSA-hfq9-hggm-c56q",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T16:53:40Z",
  "published": "2024-11-07T21:51:17Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hfq9-hggm-c56q"
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/fdd9f7d3de0d7ccf2f9979bcd09fbf3e6a0c881a"
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00023.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2024-47072.html"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream"
}


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