XStream up to 1.4.20 BinaryStreamDriver stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in XStream up to 1.4.20. Impacted is an unknown function of the component BinaryStreamDriver. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-47072. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in XStream up to 1.4.20. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component BinaryStreamDriver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to terminate the application with a stack overflow error resulting in a denial of service only by manipulating the processed input stream when XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver. XStream 1.4.21 has been patched to detect the manipulation in the binary input stream causing the the stack overflow and raises an InputManipulationException instead. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may catch the StackOverflowError in the client code calling XStream if XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-47072 since 09/17/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212539 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : bea-stax, xstream (SUSE-SU-2024:4037-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.4.21 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch bb838ce2269cac47433e31c77b2b236466e9f266 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (212539) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0400). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Atlassian Bamboo
• Atlassian Bitbucket
• Atlassian Jira

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Name

• XStream

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.4.16
• 1.4.17
• 1.4.18
• 1.4.19
• 1.4.20

License

• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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