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CVE-2024-47072: XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to stack overflow from a manipulated binary input stream

November 7, 2024 (updated November 4, 2025)

The 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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfq9-hggm-c56q
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/bb838ce2269cac47433e31c77b2b236466e9f266
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream/commit/fdd9f7d3de0d7ccf2f9979bcd09fbf3e6a0c881a
  • github.com/x-stream/xstream/security/advisories/GHSA-hfq9-hggm-c56q
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00023.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47072
  • x-stream.github.io/CVE-2024-47072.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.21

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.21

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.21 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

maven/com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream/CVE-2024-47072.yml

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