CVE-2021-36090
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.
References
CvssV3 impact
BaseSeverity | HIGH |
ConfidentialityImpact | NONE |
AttackComplexity | LOW |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
AttackVector | NETWORK |
AvailabilityImpact | HIGH |
IntegrityImpact | NONE |
PrivilegesRequired | NONE |
BaseScore | 7.5 |
VectorString | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Version | 3.1 |
UserInteraction | NONE |
CvssV2 impact
AccessComplexity | LOW |
ConfidentialityImpact | NONE |
AvailabilityImpact | PARTIAL |
IntegrityImpact | NONE |
BaseScore | 5 |
VectorString | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Version | 2.0 |
AccessVector | NETWORK |
Authentication | NONE |