{
"id": "GHSA-7hwc-46rm-65jh",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-7957"
],
"details": "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.",
"summary": "Denial of service in XStream",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.4.10"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream",
"ecosystem": "Maven"
}
}
],
"modified": "2025-05-23T19:00:16Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
}
],
"published": "2020-06-30T22:48:24Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7957",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/6e546ec366419158b1e393211be6d78ab9604ab",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/8542d02d9ac5d384c85f4b33d6c1888c53bd55d",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/b3570be2f39234e61f99f9a20640756ea71b1b4",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.html",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-04-29T19:59:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-30T22:47:51Z"
}
}