CVE-2024-47072 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Xstream
CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 8
Latest updateJul 15
Description
XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to terminate the application with a stack overflow error resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream when XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver. XStream 1.4.21 has been patched to detect the manipulation in the binary input stream causing the the stack overflow and raises an InputManipulationException instead. Users are advised …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV
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GHSA▶
XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream↗2024-11-07
CVEList▶
XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream↗2024-11-07
OSV▶
XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream↗2024-11-07
📋Vendor Advisories
5Oracle▶
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: Security (XStream) — CVE-2024-47072↗2025-04-15
Red Hat▶
com.thoughtworks.xstream: XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream↗2024-11-07
Debian▶
CVE-2024-47072: libxstream-java - XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. This vul...↗2024