CVE-2021-36090

HIGH

Compress - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (2)

nomisec STUB

by dawetmaster · poc

https://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2021-36090-commons-compress-vulnerable

View Code ZIP pw:eip

nomisec WORKING POC

by andikahilmy · poc

https://github.com/andikahilmy/CVE-2021-36090-commons-compress-vulnerable

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (34)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/4

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/6

[Vendor Advisory] https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e87177f8e78b4ee453cd4d3d8f4ddec6f10d2c27707dd71e12cafc9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r25f4c44616045085bc3cf901bb7e68e445eee53d1966fc08998fc456%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3227b1287e5bd8db6523b862c22676b046ad8f4fc96433225f46a2bd%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f03c5de923e3f2a8c316248681258125140514ef3307bfe1538e1ab%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

[Vendor Advisory] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4134026d7d7b053d4f9f2205531122732405012c8804fd850a9b26f%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0001/

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54049b66afbca766b6763c7531e9fe7a20293a112bcb65462a134949%40%3Ccommits.drill.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75ffc7a461e7e7ae77690fa75bd47bb71365c732e0fbcc44da4f8ff5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a23d4dbf4e34d498664080bff59f2893b855eb16dae33e4aa92fa53%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f54c0caa462267e0cc68b49f141e91432b36b23348d18c65bd0d040%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab292091eadd1ecc63c516e9541a7f241091cf2e652b8185a6059945%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/racd0c0381c8404f298b226cd9db2eaae965b14c9c568224aa3f437ae%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E

... and 14 more

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0059

EPSS Percentile 69.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-130

Status published

Products (48)

apache/commons_compress 1.0 - 1.21

netapp/active_iq_unified_manager (3 CPE variants)

netapp/oncommand_insight

oracle/banking_apis 19.1

oracle/banking_apis 19.2

oracle/banking_apis 20.1

oracle/banking_apis 21.1

oracle/banking_apis 18.1 - 18.3

oracle/banking_digital_experience 19.1

oracle/banking_digital_experience 19.2

... and 38 more

Published Jul 13, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026