CVE-2021-36090 – org.apache.commons:commons-compress

Package

Manager: maven
Name: org.apache.commons:commons-compress
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.21

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00279 pctl0.50881

Details

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Compress 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.

Metadata

Created: 2021-08-02T16:55:53Z
Modified: 2022-02-08T21:03:07Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-mc84-pj99-q6hh/GHSA-mc84-pj99-q6hh.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-130"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-mc84-pj99-q6hh
Finding: F052
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