CVE-2022-40151

Aliases:GHSA-f8cc-g7j8-xxpm
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Analyzed
Published: 16 Sept 2022, 10:00
Last modified:21 Apr 2025, 13:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.26% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Sept 2022, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
21 Apr 2025, 13:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.26%• Percentile: 49%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-121•Stack-based Buffer Overflow

    A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • com.thoughtworks.xstream•xstream

    < 1.4.20

  • Unknown•XStream

    ≥ unspecified, ≤ 1.4.19 | < 1.4.20

References (7)