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CVE-2021-39140

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NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39140

CGA ID

CGA-rv78-vw7w-gfv9

Severity

Unknown

Description

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.

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