7.5high
CVE-2017-7957
Denial of service in XStream
Also known as GHSA-7hwc-46rm-65jh
Published 9 y ago · modified 29 d ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.9%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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("<void/>") call.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 29 d ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
4.93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream | <1.4.10 | 1.4.10 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2888 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1832 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2889 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1039499 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com /node/715749 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/125800 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3841 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
- x-stream.github.io /CVE-2017-7957.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/100687 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7957 · advisory
- github.com /x-stream/xstream/commit/6e546ec366419158b1e393211be6d78ab9604ab · web
- github.com /x-stream/xstream/commit/8542d02d9ac5d384c85f4b33d6c1888c53bd55d · web
- github.com /x-stream/xstream/commit/b3570be2f39234e61f99f9a20640756ea71b1b4 · web
- github.com /x-stream/xstream · package
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7957
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-7hwc-46rm-65jh
- NVD: CVE-2017-7957
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