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CVE-2017-7957

XStream: DoS when unmarshalling void type

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 3, 2017

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

It was found that XStream contains a vulnerability that allows a maliciously crafted file to be parsed successfully which could cause an application crash. The crash occurs if the file that is being fed into XStream input stream contains an instances of the primitive type 'void'. An attacker could use this flaw to create a denial of service on the target system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation