VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-36090
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability12.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-07-13
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- security@apache.org: CWE-130
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other
Primary references
- security@apache.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@apache.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@apache.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
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- security@apache.org
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