--- id: CVE-2021-35517 title: >- When reading a specially crafted TAR 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 summary: >- When reading a specially crafted TAR 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 agains… severity: high cvss: 7.5 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H' cwe: - CWE-130 - CWE-770 vendor: apache product: commons_compress affected: - 'commons_compress >= 1.1, <= 1.20' - active_iq_unified_manager - oncommand_insight - 'banking_apis >= 18.1, <= 18.3' - banking_apis = 19.1 - banking_apis = 19.2 - banking_apis = 20.1 - banking_apis = 21.1 - 'banking_digital_experience >= 18.1, <= 18.3' - banking_digital_experience = 19.1 - banking_digital_experience = 19.2 - banking_digital_experience = 20.1 - banking_digital_experience = 21.1 - banking_enterprise_default_management = 2.7.0 - banking_party_management = 2.7.0 - banking_payments = 14.5 - banking_trade_finance = 14.5 - banking_treasury_management = 14.5 - business_process_management_suite = 12.2.1.3.0 - business_process_management_suite = 12.2.1.4.0 - commerce_guided_search = 11.3.2 - communications_billing_and_revenue_management = 12.0.0.4 - communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy = 1.14.0 - communications_cloud_native_core_unified_data_repository = 1.14.0 - 'communications_diameter_intelligence_hub >= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.3' - 'communications_session_route_manager >= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.5' - financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio = 8.0.8.2.0 - financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio = 8.0.8.3.0 - financial_services_enterprise_case_management = 8.0.7.2.0 - financial_services_enterprise_case_management = 8.0.8.1.0 - 'flexcube_universal_banking >= 14.0.0, <= 14.3.0' - flexcube_universal_banking = 12.4 - flexcube_universal_banking = 14.5 - healthcare_data_repository = 8.1.0 - insurance_policy_administration = 11.0.2 - insurance_policy_administration = 11.1.0 - insurance_policy_administration = 11.2.8 - insurance_policy_administration = 11.3.0 - insurance_policy_administration = 11.3.1 - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.57 - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.58 - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.59 - 'primavera_unifier >= 17.7, <= 17.12' - primavera_unifier = 18.8 - primavera_unifier = 19.12 - primavera_unifier = 20.12 - utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.1.1 - utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.2.2 - utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.3.1 - webcenter_portal = 12.2.1.3.0 - webcenter_portal = 12.2.1.4.0 - communications_messaging_server = 8.1 published: '2021-07-13' updated: '2026-10-08' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T22:17:10.310' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35517' references: - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/3' label: security@apache.org - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/5' label: security@apache.org - url: 'https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.html' label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r31f75743ac173b0a606f8ea6ea53f351f386c44e7bcf78ae04007c29%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r457b2ed564860996b20d938566fe8bd4bfb7c37be8e205448ccb5975%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E label: security@apache.org - 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url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tags: - nvd epss: 0.10614 epssPercentile: 0.95687 ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T23:16:47.321Z' --- ## Overview When reading a specially crafted TAR 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' tar package. ## Affected - `commons_compress >= 1.1, <= 1.20` - `active_iq_unified_manager` - `oncommand_insight` - `banking_apis >= 18.1, <= 18.3` - `banking_apis = 19.1` - `banking_apis = 19.2` - `banking_apis = 20.1` - `banking_apis = 21.1` - `banking_digital_experience >= 18.1, <= 18.3` - `banking_digital_experience = 19.1` - `banking_digital_experience = 19.2` - `banking_digital_experience = 20.1` - `banking_digital_experience = 21.1` - `banking_enterprise_default_management = 2.7.0` - `banking_party_management = 2.7.0` - `banking_payments = 14.5` - `banking_trade_finance = 14.5` - `banking_treasury_management = 14.5` - `business_process_management_suite = 12.2.1.3.0` - `business_process_management_suite = 12.2.1.4.0` - `commerce_guided_search = 11.3.2` - `communications_billing_and_revenue_management = 12.0.0.4` - `communications_cloud_native_core_service_communication_proxy = 1.14.0` - `communications_cloud_native_core_unified_data_repository = 1.14.0` - `communications_diameter_intelligence_hub >= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.3` - `communications_session_route_manager >= 8.0.0, <= 8.2.5` - `financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio = 8.0.8.2.0` - `financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio = 8.0.8.3.0` - `financial_services_enterprise_case_management = 8.0.7.2.0` - `financial_services_enterprise_case_management = 8.0.8.1.0` - `flexcube_universal_banking >= 14.0.0, <= 14.3.0` - `flexcube_universal_banking = 12.4` - `flexcube_universal_banking = 14.5` - `healthcare_data_repository = 8.1.0` - `insurance_policy_administration = 11.0.2` - `insurance_policy_administration = 11.1.0` - `insurance_policy_administration = 11.2.8` - `insurance_policy_administration = 11.3.0` - `insurance_policy_administration = 11.3.1` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.57` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.58` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.59` - `primavera_unifier >= 17.7, <= 17.12` - `primavera_unifier = 18.8` - `primavera_unifier = 19.12` - `primavera_unifier = 20.12` - `utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.1.1` - `utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.2.2` - `utilities_testing_accelerator = 6.0.0.3.1` - `webcenter_portal = 12.2.1.3.0` - `webcenter_portal = 12.2.1.4.0` - `communications_messaging_server = 8.1` ## Remediation Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.