CVE-2017-7957

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Oct 8, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.htmlVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749Broken Link, Permissions Required
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3841Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100687Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039499Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2017-7957.htmlVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2888Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2889Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/node/715749Broken Link, Permissions Required

Timeline

Published: Apr 29, 2017
Last modified: Oct 8, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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