CVE-2022-40151
XStream can cause a Denial of Service by injecting deeply nested objects raising a stack overflow
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-40151
To remediate CVE-2022-40151, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.4.20 or later
Is CVE-2022-40151 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- from 0, < 1.4.20
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |