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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36090

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36090 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14libcommons-compress-java0, 0, 0
Debian:13libcommons-compress-java0, 0, 0
Debian:11libcommons-compress-java0, 1.20-1, 1.21-1
Debian:12libcommons-compress-java0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 13, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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