VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-35516
This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 12.4%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
When reading a specially crafted 7Z 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' sevenz package.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.37% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-130, CWE-770
- Affected
- apache/commons compress · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/oncommand insight · oracle/banking digital experience · oracle/banking enterprise default management · oracle/banking party management · oracle/business process management suite · oracle/commerce guided search · oracle/communications billing and revenue management · oracle/communications cloud native core automated test suite · oracle/communications cloud native core service communication proxy · oracle/communications cloud native core unified data repository · oracle/communications diameter intelligence hub · oracle/communications session route manager · oracle/financial services crime and compliance management studio · oracle/financial services enterprise case management · oracle/flexcube universal banking · oracle/healthcare data repository · oracle/insurance policy administration · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · +4 more
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 12.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f54c0caa462267e0cc68b49f141e91432b36b23348d18c65bd0d040%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/racd0c0381c8404f298b226cd9db2eaae965b14c9c568224aa3f437ae%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb064d705fdfa44b5dae4c366b369ef6597951083196321773b983e71%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6e1fa80d34e5ada45f72655d84bfd90db0ca44ef19236a49198c88c%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc14d6aee%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba65ed5ddb0586f5b12598f55ec7db3633e7b7fede60466367fbf86a%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800dff7fb00e%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf5b1016fb15b7118b9a5e16bb0b78cb4f1dfcf7821eb137ab5757c91%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf68442d67eb166f4b6cf0bbbe6c7f99098c12954f37332073c9822ca%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfba19167efc785ad3561e7ef29f340d65ac8f0d897aed00e0731e742%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f54c0caa462267e0cc68b49f141e91432b36b23348d18c65bd0d040%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/racd0c0381c8404f298b226cd9db2eaae965b14c9c568224aa3f437ae%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb064d705fdfa44b5dae4c366b369ef6597951083196321773b983e71%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6e1fa80d34e5ada45f72655d84bfd90db0ca44ef19236a49198c88c%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc14d6aee%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba65ed5ddb0586f5b12598f55ec7db3633e7b7fede60466367fbf86a%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800dff7fb00e%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf5b1016fb15b7118b9a5e16bb0b78cb4f1dfcf7821eb137ab5757c91%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf68442d67eb166f4b6cf0bbbe6c7f99098c12954f37332073c9822ca%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3EMailing List, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.