High severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2022· Updated Apr 21, 2025
Stack Buffer Overflow in xstream
CVE-2022-40151
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstreamMaven | < 1.4.20 | 1.4.20 |
Affected products
17- ghsa-coords16 versionspkg:maven/com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstreampkg:rpm/opensuse/xstream&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/xstream&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%20Module%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/xstream&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%20Module%204.3
< 1.4.20+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1
- xstream/xstreamv5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8cc-g7j8-xxpmghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40151ghsaADVISORY
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/314ghsaWEB
- github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-f8cc-g7j8-xxpmghsaWEB
- x-stream.github.io/CVE-2022-40151.htmlghsaWEB
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