CVE-2017-7957 describes a remote application crash vulnerability in XStream versions up to 1.4.9, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted XML payload, such as "<void/>", during unmarshalling, which the application mishandles when attempting to instantiate the 'void' primitive type. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:fuse:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_middleware:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xstream:xstream:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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