CVE-2022-40151

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 v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367	Exploit Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367	Exploit Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 May 2025, 16:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Xstream xstream Xstream
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream::::::::

21 Nov 2024, 07:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367 - Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367 - Exploit, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.5~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5

16 Sep 2022, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-09-16 10:15

Updated : 2025-05-23 16:51

NVD link : CVE-2022-40151

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40151

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-40151

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xstream

xstream

CWE

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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