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CVE-2021-36090

CVE-2021-36090HIGH
Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  N  H    7.5   .1295   96.3     —
AFFECTED
  Product                  Versions                   Fixed
  Apache Commons Compress  Apache Commons Compress –  —
TIMELINE
  Jul 1   Reserved by apache
  Jul 13  Published (CNA: apache)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2021-36090 (Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons Compress). Received CVSS 7.5 and CPE data from NVD.
CWE-130 · CNA: apache · CVSS v3.1 · 34 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
July 1, 2021ReservedReserved by apache
July 13, 2021PublishedPublished (CNA: apache)
October 8, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2021-36090 (Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons Compress). Received CVSS 7.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
Apache Software FoundationApache Commons Compress—Apache Commons Compress—

Weaknesses

CWE-130

References (34)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-36090 at cve.org

Vendors: apache

Weaknesses: CWE-130

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