Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libxstream-java package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBXSTREAMJAVA-5685722
  • published14 Oct 2022
  • disclosed16 Sept 2022

Introduced: 16 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40151  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 libxstream-java.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxstream-java package and not the libxstream-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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