XStream through 1.4.9, when a certain denyTypes workaround is not used, mishandles attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling, leading to a remote application crash, as demonstrated by an xstream.fromXML("<void/>") call.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-930-1 libxstream-java security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3841-1 libxstream-java
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0471 XStream through 1.4.9, when a certain denyTypes workaround is not used, mishandles attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling, leading to a remote application crash, as demonstrated by an xstream.fromXML("<void/>") call.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7hwc-46rm-65jh Denial of service in XStream
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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat fuse
Redhat jboss Middleware
Xstream
Xstream xstream
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xstream_project:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:fuse:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_middleware:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xstream Project
Xstream Project xstream
Redhat fuse
Redhat jboss Middleware
Xstream
Xstream xstream
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.479Z

Reserved: 2017-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7957

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-04-29T19:59:00.167

Modified: 2025-05-23T17:54:30.910

Link: CVE-2017-7957

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7957 - Bugzilla

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