Stack Buffer Overflow in xstream

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  "id": "937676873c6b86e0229461a6c003da90bcc91e119c45908630002907e3869576",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40151",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Stack Buffer Overflow in xstream",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-40151",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-40151",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-40151",
        "GHSA-f8cc-g7j8-xxpm"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "f124f777fb8831430f930816a9e18813788c69cb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "last_affected": "1.4.19"
                      }
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "SplitRange"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "1.4.20"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "XSTREAM_1_4_19",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_18",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_17",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_16",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_15",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_14",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_13",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_12",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_11_1",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_11",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_10",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_9",
            "XSTREAM_1_4_5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-40151.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.169599088Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47367",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40151.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40151",
        "https://github.com/x-stream/xstream/issues/304"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-121"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "Google",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40151.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-40151",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 517377,
  "published_at": "2022-09-16T10:00:20.584+00:00"
}