CVE-2021-36090

Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability

Published Jul 13, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 12.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Commons Compress users should upgrade to 1.21 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1798 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mc84-pj99-q6hh Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Compress
References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/4 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e87177f8e78b4ee453cd4d3d8f4ddec6f10d2c27707dd71e12cafc9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r25f4c44616045085bc3cf901bb7e68e445eee53d1966fc08998fc456%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3227b1287e5bd8db6523b862c22676b046ad8f4fc96433225f46a2bd%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f03c5de923e3f2a8c316248681258125140514ef3307bfe1538e1ab%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54049b66afbca766b6763c7531e9fe7a20293a112bcb65462a134949%40%3Ccommits.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75ffc7a461e7e7ae77690fa75bd47bb71365c732e0fbcc44da4f8ff5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a23d4dbf4e34d498664080bff59f2893b855eb16dae33e4aa92fa53%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f54c0caa462267e0cc68b49f141e91432b36b23348d18c65bd0d040%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab292091eadd1ecc63c516e9541a7f241091cf2e652b8185a6059945%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/racd0c0381c8404f298b226cd9db2eaae965b14c9c568224aa3f437ae%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb064d705fdfa44b5dae4c366b369ef6597951083196321773b983e71%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5fa2ee61828fa2e42361b58468717e84902dd71c4aea8dc0b865df7%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6e1fa80d34e5ada45f72655d84bfd90db0ca44ef19236a49198c88c%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc14d6aee%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba65ed5ddb0586f5b12598f55ec7db3633e7b7fede60466367fbf86a%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbbf42642c3e4167788a7c13763d192ee049604d099681f765385d99d%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe91c512c5385181149ab087b6c909825d34299f5c491c6482a2ed57%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4134026d7d7b053d4f9f2205531122732405012c8804fd850a9b26f%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc7df4c2f0bbe2028a1498a46d322c91184f7a369e3e4c57d9518cacf%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800dff7fb00e%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdd5412a5b9a25aed2a02c3317052d38a97128314d50bc1ed36e81d38%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f4d7940371a7c7c5b679f50e28fc7fcc82cd00670ced87e013ac88%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf3f0a09fee197168a813966c5816157f6c600a47313a0d6813148ea6%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf93b6bb267580e01deb7f3696f7eaca00a290c66189a658cf7230a1a%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfba19167efc785ad3561e7ef29f340d65ac8f0d897aed00e0731e742%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36090 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36090 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 9:03 PM
Reserved
Jul 1, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2021, 8:15 AM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 13, 2021, 12:00 AM