CVE-2021-39140
XStream can cause a Denial of Service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Aug 23, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 16, 2021
Description
XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In affected versions this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to allocate 100% CPU time on the target system depending on CPU type or parallel execution of such a payload resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream. No user is affected, who followed the recommendation to setup XStream's security framework with a whitelist limited to the minimal required types. XStream 1.4.18 uses no longer a blacklist by default, since it cannot be secured for general purpose.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
xstreamx-stream |
|
References
- https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-6wf9-jmg9-vxcc
- https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2021-39140.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210929 [SECURITY] [DLA 2769-1] libxstream-java security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2021-fbad11014avendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-d894ca87dcvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-5e376c0ed9vendor-advisory
- DSA-5004vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0003/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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