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HistoryAug 23, 2021 - 7:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-39140

2021-08-2319:15:10
Google
osv.dev
10
xstream
vulnerability
cve-2021-39140
denial of service
input stream manipulation

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.018

Percentile

88.1%

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.