High severity · published Sep 16, 2022
CVE-2022-40151
Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS)
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XS
Xstream · Xstream
before 1.4.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40151
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40151
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304
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