VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-40151

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-121
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references